diff --git a/package/boot/uboot-layerscape/files/ls1012afrdm-uEnv.txt b/package/boot/uboot-layerscape/files/ls1012afrdm-uEnv.txt
index 0f213d85e8..415155810e 100644
--- a/package/boot/uboot-layerscape/files/ls1012afrdm-uEnv.txt
+++ b/package/boot/uboot-layerscape/files/ls1012afrdm-uEnv.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ fdtaddr=0x8f000000
 loadaddr=0x81000000
 fdt_high=0xffffffffffffffff
 initrd_high=0xffffffffffffffff
-qspi_boot=sf probe 0:0;sf read $fdtaddr f00000 100000;sf read $loadaddr 1000000 1000000;bootm $loadaddr - $fdtaddr
-bootargs=rootfstype=squashfs,jffs2 noinitrd earlycon=uart8250,mmio,0x21c0500 console=ttyS0,115200 mtdparts=1550000.quadspi:1m(bl2),4m(fip),1m(u-boot-env),4m(reserved-1),3m(pfe),2m(reserved-2),1m(dtb),16m(kernel),32m(rootfs)
+qspi_boot=sf probe 0:0;sf read $loadaddr 1000000 2800000;bootm $loadaddr
+bootargs=rootfstype=squashfs,jffs2 noinitrd earlycon=uart8250,mmio,0x21c0500 console=ttyS0,115200 mtdparts=1550000.quadspi:1m(bl2),4m(fip),1m(u-boot-env),4m(reserved-1),3m(pfe),2m(reserved-2),1m(dtb),-(firmware)
 bootcmd=echo starting OpenWrt ...;pfe stop;run qspi_boot
 bootdelay=3
diff --git a/target/linux/layerscape/armv8_64b/config-4.14 b/target/linux/layerscape/armv8_64b/config-4.14
index 54e6d4cd9d..c1bd718366 100644
--- a/target/linux/layerscape/armv8_64b/config-4.14
+++ b/target/linux/layerscape/armv8_64b/config-4.14
@@ -630,6 +630,8 @@ CONFIG_MTD_NAND_FSL_IFC=y
 CONFIG_MTD_SPI_NOR=y
 CONFIG_MTD_SPI_NOR_USE_4K_SECTORS=y
 CONFIG_MTD_SPI_NOR_USE_4K_SECTORS_LIMIT=16384
+CONFIG_MTD_SPLIT_FIRMWARE=y
+CONFIG_MTD_SPLIT_FIT_FW=y
 CONFIG_MTD_SST25L=y
 CONFIG_MTD_UBI=y
 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_BEB_LIMIT=20
diff --git a/target/linux/layerscape/image/armv8_64b.mk b/target/linux/layerscape/image/armv8_64b.mk
index 70af95aa28..3a7b28c416 100644
--- a/target/linux/layerscape/image/armv8_64b.mk
+++ b/target/linux/layerscape/image/armv8_64b.mk
@@ -32,8 +32,9 @@ define Device/ls1012afrdm
     ls-append $(1)-uboot-env.bin | pad-to 10M | \
     ls-append pfe.itb | pad-to 15M | \
     ls-append-dtb $$(DEVICE_DTS) | pad-to 16M | \
-    append-kernel | pad-to 32M | \
+    append-kernel | pad-to $$(BLOCKSIZE) | \
     append-rootfs | pad-rootfs | check-size 67108865
+  KERNEL := kernel-bin | gzip | fit gzip $$(DTS_DIR)/$$(DEVICE_DTS).dtb
   KERNEL_INITRAMFS := kernel-bin | fit none $$(DTS_DIR)/$$(DEVICE_DTS).dtb
 endef
 TARGET_DEVICES += ls1012afrdm