diff --git a/target/linux/mvebu/image/cortexa53.mk b/target/linux/mvebu/image/cortexa53.mk
index ca3a53f992..46f04fe7cc 100644
--- a/target/linux/mvebu/image/cortexa53.mk
+++ b/target/linux/mvebu/image/cortexa53.mk
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ define Device/methode_udpu
   DEVICE_VENDOR := Methode
   DEVICE_MODEL := micro-DPU (uDPU)
   DEVICE_DTS := armada-3720-uDPU
-  KERNEL_LOADADDR := 0x00080000
+  KERNEL_LOADADDR := 0x00800000
   KERNEL_INITRAMFS := kernel-bin | gzip | fit gzip $$(KDIR)/image-$$(DEVICE_DTS).dtb
   KERNEL_INITRAMFS_SUFFIX := .itb
   DEVICE_PACKAGES += f2fs-tools fdisk kmod-i2c-pxa