diff --git a/arch/arm/boards/eukrea_cpuimx25/lowlevel.c b/arch/arm/boards/eukrea_cpuimx25/lowlevel.c
index 11d990dfd..07659f53f 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boards/eukrea_cpuimx25/lowlevel.c
+++ b/arch/arm/boards/eukrea_cpuimx25/lowlevel.c
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ void __bare_init __naked barebox_arm_reset_vector(void)
 	/* setup a stack to be able to call imx25_barebox_boot_nand_external() */
 	arm_setup_stack(STACK_BASE + STACK_SIZE - 12);
 
-	imx25_barebox_boot_nand_external();
+	imx25_barebox_boot_nand_external(0);
 #endif
 out:
 	imx25_barebox_entry(0);
diff --git a/arch/arm/boards/eukrea_cpuimx27/lowlevel_init.S b/arch/arm/boards/eukrea_cpuimx27/lowlevel_init.S
index a85b00d91..ae1391c28 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boards/eukrea_cpuimx27/lowlevel_init.S
+++ b/arch/arm/boards/eukrea_cpuimx27/lowlevel_init.S
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ barebox_arm_reset_vector:
 	/* Setup a temporary stack in SDRAM */
 	ldr	sp, =MX27_IRAM_BASE_ADDR + MX27_IRAM_SIZE - 4;
 
+	mov	r0, #0
 	b	imx27_barebox_boot_nand_external
 #endif /* CONFIG_NAND_IMX_BOOT */
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/boards/eukrea_cpuimx35/lowlevel.c b/arch/arm/boards/eukrea_cpuimx35/lowlevel.c
index a667e4c5e..d03e1109d 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boards/eukrea_cpuimx35/lowlevel.c
+++ b/arch/arm/boards/eukrea_cpuimx35/lowlevel.c
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ void __bare_init __naked barebox_arm_reset_vector(void)
 	/* setup a stack to be able to call imx35_barebox_boot_nand_external() */
 	arm_setup_stack(MX35_IRAM_BASE_ADDR + MX35_IRAM_SIZE - 8);
 
-	imx35_barebox_boot_nand_external();
+	imx35_barebox_boot_nand_external(0);
 #endif
 out:
 	imx35_barebox_entry(0);
diff --git a/arch/arm/boards/freescale-mx25-3-stack/lowlevel_init.S b/arch/arm/boards/freescale-mx25-3-stack/lowlevel_init.S
index 174262d19..8446c6f1d 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boards/freescale-mx25-3-stack/lowlevel_init.S
+++ b/arch/arm/boards/freescale-mx25-3-stack/lowlevel_init.S
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ barebox_arm_reset_vector:
 	/* Setup a temporary stack in SRAM */
 	ldr	sp, =MX25_IRAM_BASE_ADDR + MX25_IRAM_SIZE - 4
 
+	mov	r0, #0
 	b	imx25_barebox_boot_nand_external
 #endif /* CONFIG_NAND_IMX_BOOT */
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/boards/freescale-mx35-3-stack/lowlevel_init.S b/arch/arm/boards/freescale-mx35-3-stack/lowlevel_init.S
index 2844465f3..cb9ed0ab6 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boards/freescale-mx35-3-stack/lowlevel_init.S
+++ b/arch/arm/boards/freescale-mx35-3-stack/lowlevel_init.S
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ barebox_arm_reset_vector:
 	/* Setup a temporary stack in internal SRAM */
 	ldr	sp, =MX35_IRAM_BASE_ADDR + MX35_IRAM_SIZE - 4
 
+	mov	r0, #0
 	b	imx35_barebox_boot_nand_external
 #endif /* CONFIG_NAND_IMX_BOOT */
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/boards/guf-cupid/lowlevel.c b/arch/arm/boards/guf-cupid/lowlevel.c
index d5298c183..d5dce1650 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boards/guf-cupid/lowlevel.c
+++ b/arch/arm/boards/guf-cupid/lowlevel.c
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ void __bare_init __naked barebox_arm_reset_vector(void)
 	/* setup a stack to be able to call imx35_barebox_boot_nand_external() */
 	arm_setup_stack(MX35_IRAM_BASE_ADDR + MX35_IRAM_SIZE - 8);
 
-	imx35_barebox_boot_nand_external();
+	imx35_barebox_boot_nand_external(0);
 #endif
 out:
 	imx35_barebox_entry(0);
diff --git a/arch/arm/boards/guf-neso/lowlevel.c b/arch/arm/boards/guf-neso/lowlevel.c
index 386751d5e..c3323ee1e 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boards/guf-neso/lowlevel.c
+++ b/arch/arm/boards/guf-neso/lowlevel.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ void __bare_init __naked barebox_arm_reset_vector(void)
 	/* setup a stack to be able to call imx27_barebox_boot_nand_external() */
 	arm_setup_stack(MX27_IRAM_BASE_ADDR + MX27_IRAM_SIZE - 8);
 
-	imx27_barebox_boot_nand_external();
+	imx27_barebox_boot_nand_external(0);
 #endif
 out:
 	imx27_barebox_entry(0);
diff --git a/arch/arm/boards/karo-tx25/lowlevel.c b/arch/arm/boards/karo-tx25/lowlevel.c
index 742100d0a..11f4138d2 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boards/karo-tx25/lowlevel.c
+++ b/arch/arm/boards/karo-tx25/lowlevel.c
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ void __bare_init __naked barebox_arm_reset_vector(void)
 	/* setup a stack to be able to call imx25_barebox_boot_nand_external() */
 	arm_setup_stack(MX25_IRAM_BASE_ADDR + MX25_IRAM_SIZE - 8);
 
-	imx25_barebox_boot_nand_external();
+	imx25_barebox_boot_nand_external(0);
 #endif
 out:
 	imx25_barebox_entry(0);
diff --git a/arch/arm/boards/pcm037/lowlevel.c b/arch/arm/boards/pcm037/lowlevel.c
index b81a24f0c..ae2d8c037 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boards/pcm037/lowlevel.c
+++ b/arch/arm/boards/pcm037/lowlevel.c
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ void __bare_init __naked barebox_arm_reset_vector(void)
 	/* setup a stack to be able to call imx31_barebox_boot_nand_external() */
 	arm_setup_stack(MX31_IRAM_BASE_ADDR + MX31_IRAM_SIZE - 12);
 
-	imx31_barebox_boot_nand_external();
+	imx31_barebox_boot_nand_external(0);
 #else
 	imx31_barebox_entry(0);
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/arm/boards/pcm038/lowlevel.c b/arch/arm/boards/pcm038/lowlevel.c
index 0ea293981..bb948f1c1 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boards/pcm038/lowlevel.c
+++ b/arch/arm/boards/pcm038/lowlevel.c
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ void __bare_init __naked barebox_arm_reset_vector(void)
 	/* setup a stack to be able to call mx27_barebox_boot_nand_external() */
 	arm_setup_stack(MX27_IRAM_BASE_ADDR + MX27_IRAM_SIZE - 8);
 
-	imx27_barebox_boot_nand_external();
+	imx27_barebox_boot_nand_external(0);
 #endif
 out:
 	imx27_barebox_entry(0);
diff --git a/arch/arm/boards/pcm043/lowlevel.c b/arch/arm/boards/pcm043/lowlevel.c
index ebd6b2954..64b03823f 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boards/pcm043/lowlevel.c
+++ b/arch/arm/boards/pcm043/lowlevel.c
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ void __bare_init __naked barebox_arm_reset_vector(void)
 	/* setup a stack to be able to call imx35_barebox_boot_nand_external() */
 	arm_setup_stack(MX35_IRAM_BASE_ADDR + MX35_IRAM_SIZE - 8);
 
-	imx35_barebox_boot_nand_external();
+	imx35_barebox_boot_nand_external(0);
 #endif
 out:
 	imx35_barebox_entry(0);
diff --git a/arch/arm/boards/phycard-i.MX27/lowlevel.c b/arch/arm/boards/phycard-i.MX27/lowlevel.c
index 9f5dfff16..33de1c042 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boards/phycard-i.MX27/lowlevel.c
+++ b/arch/arm/boards/phycard-i.MX27/lowlevel.c
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ void __bare_init __naked barebox_arm_reset_vector(void)
 	sdram_init();
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NAND_IMX_BOOT
-	imx27_barebox_boot_nand_external();
+	imx27_barebox_boot_nand_external(0);
 #else
 	imx27_barebox_entry(0);
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-imx/external-nand-boot.c b/arch/arm/mach-imx/external-nand-boot.c
index 7760d8d17..fab37bf77 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-imx/external-nand-boot.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-imx/external-nand-boot.c
@@ -318,7 +318,8 @@ static inline int imx35_pagesize_2k(void)
 
 #define DEFINE_EXTERNAL_NAND_ENTRY(soc)					\
 									\
-void __noreturn BARE_INIT_FUNCTION(imx##soc##_boot_nand_external_cont)(void)    \
+void __noreturn BARE_INIT_FUNCTION(imx##soc##_boot_nand_external_cont)  \
+			(uint32_t boarddata)				\
 {									\
 	unsigned long nfc_base = MX##soc##_NFC_BASE_ADDR;		\
 	unsigned long sdram = MX##soc##_CSD0_BASE_ADDR;			\
@@ -328,10 +329,11 @@ void __noreturn BARE_INIT_FUNCTION(imx##soc##_boot_nand_external_cont)(void)
 			(void *)nfc_base,				\
 			imx##soc##_pagesize_2k());			\
 									\
-        imx##soc##_barebox_entry(0);					\
+        imx##soc##_barebox_entry(boarddata);				\
 }									\
 									\
-void __noreturn BARE_INIT_FUNCTION(imx##soc##_barebox_boot_nand_external)(void)	\
+void __noreturn BARE_INIT_FUNCTION(imx##soc##_barebox_boot_nand_external) \
+			(uint32_t boarddata)				\
 {									\
 	unsigned long nfc_base = MX##soc##_NFC_BASE_ADDR;		\
 	unsigned long sdram = MX##soc##_CSD0_BASE_ADDR;			\
@@ -339,12 +341,12 @@ void __noreturn BARE_INIT_FUNCTION(imx##soc##_barebox_boot_nand_external)(void)
 	u32 r;								\
 	u32 *src, *trg;							\
 	int i;								\
-	void __noreturn (*fn)(void);					\
+	void __noreturn (*fn)(uint32_t);				\
 									\
 	/* skip NAND boot if not running from NFC space */		\
 	r = get_pc();							\
 	if (r < nfc_base || r > nfc_base + 0x800)			\
-		imx##soc##_barebox_entry(0);				\
+		imx##soc##_barebox_entry(boarddata);			\
 									\
 	src = (unsigned int *)nfc_base;					\
 	trg = (unsigned int *)sdram;					\
@@ -368,7 +370,7 @@ void __noreturn BARE_INIT_FUNCTION(imx##soc##_barebox_boot_nand_external)(void)
 									\
 	fn = (void *)__fn;						\
 									\
-	fn();								\
+	fn(boarddata);							\
 }
 
 #ifdef BROKEN
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-imx/include/mach/imx-nand.h b/arch/arm/mach-imx/include/mach/imx-nand.h
index 9e6416e4d..972a0da5d 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-imx/include/mach/imx-nand.h
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-imx/include/mach/imx-nand.h
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 
 #include <linux/mtd/mtd.h>
 
-void imx21_barebox_boot_nand_external(void);
-void imx25_barebox_boot_nand_external(void);
-void imx27_barebox_boot_nand_external(void);
-void imx31_barebox_boot_nand_external(void);
-void imx35_barebox_boot_nand_external(void);
+void imx21_barebox_boot_nand_external(uint32_t boarddata);
+void imx25_barebox_boot_nand_external(uint32_t boarddata);
+void imx27_barebox_boot_nand_external(uint32_t boarddata);
+void imx31_barebox_boot_nand_external(uint32_t boarddata);
+void imx35_barebox_boot_nand_external(uint32_t boarddata);
 void imx_nand_set_layout(int writesize, int datawidth);
 
 struct imx_nand_platform_data {