diff --git a/arch/arm/boards/qemu-virt64/Makefile b/arch/arm/boards/qemu-virt64/Makefile
index e354607..b394dde 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boards/qemu-virt64/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/boards/qemu-virt64/Makefile
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 obj-y += init.o
-lwl-y += lowlevel.o
+lwl-y += lowlevel.o lowlevel_init.o
 bbenv-$(CONFIG_DEFAULT_ENVIRONMENT_GENERIC) += defaultenv-qemu-virt64
diff --git a/arch/arm/boards/qemu-virt64/lowlevel.c b/arch/arm/boards/qemu-virt64/lowlevel.c
index 629e2e9..fcb0523 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boards/qemu-virt64/lowlevel.c
+++ b/arch/arm/boards/qemu-virt64/lowlevel.c
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@
 #include <asm/barebox-arm.h>
 #include <asm/system_info.h>
 
-void barebox_arm_reset_vector(uint32_t r0, uint32_t r1, uint32_t r2)
+void qemu_virt64_start(uint32_t, uint32_t, uint32_t);
+
+void noinline qemu_virt64_start(uint32_t r0, uint32_t r1, uint32_t r2)
 {
 	arm_cpu_lowlevel_init();
 	arm_setup_stack(0x40000000 + SZ_2G - SZ_16K);
diff --git a/arch/arm/boards/qemu-virt64/lowlevel_init.S b/arch/arm/boards/qemu-virt64/lowlevel_init.S
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1967fad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/arm/boards/qemu-virt64/lowlevel_init.S
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
+#include <linux/linkage.h>
+#include <asm/barebox-arm64.h>
+
+/* The DRAM is already setup */
+#define STACK_TOP 0x80000000
+
+ENTRY_PROC(barebox_arm_reset_vector)
+	mov x0, #STACK_TOP
+	mov sp, x0
+	b qemu_virt64_start
+ENTRY_PROC_END(barebox_arm_reset_vector)