diff --git a/arch/openrisc/cpu/start.S b/arch/openrisc/cpu/start.S
index 9109cce..269abc0 100644
--- a/arch/openrisc/cpu/start.S
+++ b/arch/openrisc/cpu/start.S
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@
 	l.andi	r30, r0, 0
 	l.andi	r31, r0, 0
 
-	l.j	start_barebox
+	l.j	openrisc_start_barebox
 	 l.nop
 
 	.size	_start, .-_start
diff --git a/arch/openrisc/lib/board.c b/arch/openrisc/lib/board.c
index f62fbaf..98033b4 100644
--- a/arch/openrisc/lib/board.c
+++ b/arch/openrisc/lib/board.c
@@ -22,17 +22,14 @@
 #include <memory.h>
 #include <asm-generic/memory_layout.h>
 
-int openrisc_mem_malloc_init(void)
+void __noreturn openrisc_start_barebox(void)
 {
-
 	mem_malloc_init((void *)(OPENRISC_SOPC_TEXT_BASE - MALLOC_SIZE),
 			(void *)(OPENRISC_SOPC_TEXT_BASE - 1));
 
-	return 0;
+	start_barebox();
 }
 
-core_initcall(openrisc_mem_malloc_init);
-
 void arch_shutdown(void)
 {
 }