diff --git a/arch/mips/lib/barebox.lds.S b/arch/mips/lib/barebox.lds.S
index 693a778..c954df4 100644
--- a/arch/mips/lib/barebox.lds.S
+++ b/arch/mips/lib/barebox.lds.S
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 
 	_end = .;
 
-	.bss __rel_start (OVERLAY) : {
+	.bss : {
 		__bss_start = .;
 		*(.sbss.*)
 		*(.bss.*)
diff --git a/arch/mips/lib/reloc.c b/arch/mips/lib/reloc.c
index df9760e..4b0e252 100644
--- a/arch/mips/lib/reloc.c
+++ b/arch/mips/lib/reloc.c
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
 	memset(__bss_start, 0, bss_len);
 	cpu_probe();
 
-	length = barebox_image_size + bss_len;
+	length = __bss_stop - __image_start;
 	relocaddr = ALIGN_DOWN(ram_size - length, SZ_64K);
 	relocaddr = KSEG0ADDR(relocaddr);
 	new_stack = relocaddr - MALLOC_SIZE - 16;