diff --git a/src/arch/armv7/bootblock.inc b/src/arch/armv7/bootblock.inc
index 82d801e75c..25cc8c6be4 100644
--- a/src/arch/armv7/bootblock.inc
+++ b/src/arch/armv7/bootblock.inc
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ _bl1:
 	 * on ARM, which is 8KB in size and it is prepended to the
 	 * reset vector
 	 */
-	.skip CONFIG_BL1_SIZE_KB
+	.skip (CONFIG_BL1_SIZE_KB * 1024)
 
 .globl _start
 _start: b	reset
diff --git a/src/arch/armv7/bootblock.lds b/src/arch/armv7/bootblock.lds
index fc58601439..9482cef34d 100644
--- a/src/arch/armv7/bootblock.lds
+++ b/src/arch/armv7/bootblock.lds
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ OUTPUT_ARCH(arm)
 TARGET(binary)
 SECTIONS
 {
-	ROMLOC = CONFIG_BOOTBLOCK_BASE - CONFIG_BL1_SIZE_KB;
+	ROMLOC = CONFIG_BOOTBLOCK_BASE - (CONFIG_BL1_SIZE_KB * 1024);
 
 	/* This section might be better named .setup */
 	.rom ROMLOC : {
diff --git a/src/cpu/samsung/exynos5250/Kconfig b/src/cpu/samsung/exynos5250/Kconfig
index 3e61087c76..357817eb71 100644
--- a/src/cpu/samsung/exynos5250/Kconfig
+++ b/src/cpu/samsung/exynos5250/Kconfig
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ config SATA_AHCI
 
 config BL1_SIZE_KB
 	int
-	default 8192
+	default 8
 
 # Example SRAM/iRAM map for Exynos5250 platform:
 #