diff --git a/src/arch/x86/car.ld b/src/arch/x86/car.ld
index 972cb5234b..3680250993 100644
--- a/src/arch/x86/car.ld
+++ b/src/arch/x86/car.ld
@@ -58,7 +58,10 @@
 #endif
 
 	TIMESTAMP(., 0x200)
+
+#if !CONFIG(NO_FMAP_CACHE)
 	FMAP_CACHE(., FMAP_SIZE)
+#endif
 
 	_car_ehci_dbg_info = .;
 	/* Reserve sizeof(struct ehci_dbg_info). */
diff --git a/src/drivers/intel/fsp1_0/Kconfig b/src/drivers/intel/fsp1_0/Kconfig
index 32a07771ee..1a1d4f7072 100644
--- a/src/drivers/intel/fsp1_0/Kconfig
+++ b/src/drivers/intel/fsp1_0/Kconfig
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ config PLATFORM_USES_FSP1_0
 	bool
 	default n
 	select CAR_GLOBAL_MIGRATION
+	select NO_FMAP_CACHE	# doesn't work with CAR_GLOBAL restrictions
 	help
 	  Selected for Intel processors/platform combinations that use the
 	  Intel Firmware Support Package (FSP) 1.0 for initialization.
diff --git a/src/lib/Kconfig b/src/lib/Kconfig
index cb1e4a5cc8..dd9974a817 100644
--- a/src/lib/Kconfig
+++ b/src/lib/Kconfig
@@ -68,3 +68,10 @@ config HWBASE_DIRECT_PCIDEV
 	def_bool y
 
 endif
+
+config NO_FMAP_CACHE
+	bool
+	help
+	  If your platform really doesn't want to use an FMAP cache (e.g. due to
+	  space constraints), you can select this to disable warnings and save
+	  a bit more code.
diff --git a/src/lib/fmap.c b/src/lib/fmap.c
index 4b4179c769..48aab8f3d5 100644
--- a/src/lib/fmap.c
+++ b/src/lib/fmap.c
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ static void report(const struct fmap *fmap)
 
 static void setup_preram_cache(struct mem_region_device *cache_mrdev)
 {
+	if (CONFIG(NO_FMAP_CACHE))
+		return;
+
 	if (!ENV_ROMSTAGE_OR_BEFORE) {
 		/* We get here if ramstage makes an FMAP access before calling
 		   cbmem_initialize(). We should avoid letting it come to that,
@@ -70,10 +73,10 @@ static void setup_preram_cache(struct mem_region_device *cache_mrdev)
 	}
 
 	if (REGION_SIZE(fmap_cache) == 0) {
-		/* If you see this you really want to add an FMAP_CACHE to your
-		   memlayout, unless you absolutely can't affort the 2K. */
-		print_once(BIOS_NOTICE,
-			"NOTE: Running without FMAP_CACHE, should add it!\n");
+		/* If you see this you should add FMAP_CACHE() to your memlayout
+		   (or select NO_FMAP_CACHE if you can't afford the 2K). */
+		print_once(BIOS_ERR,
+			"ERROR: FMAP_CACHE enabled but no region provided!\n");
 		return;
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/soc/rockchip/rk3288/Kconfig b/src/soc/rockchip/rk3288/Kconfig
index 3aebab9754..6a44ccd2e0 100644
--- a/src/soc/rockchip/rk3288/Kconfig
+++ b/src/soc/rockchip/rk3288/Kconfig
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ config SOC_ROCKCHIP_RK3288
 	select MAINBOARD_FORCE_NATIVE_VGA_INIT
 	select HAVE_LINEAR_FRAMEBUFFER
 	select NO_BOOTBLOCK_CONSOLE
+	select NO_FMAP_CACHE
 
 if SOC_ROCKCHIP_RK3288