diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 33d4253..5bcc914 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -484,9 +484,8 @@ $(obj)u-boot.dis:	$(obj)u-boot
 
 
 $(obj)u-boot-with-spl.bin: $(obj)spl/u-boot-spl.bin $(obj)u-boot.bin
-		$(OBJCOPY) ${OBJCFLAGS} --pad-to=$(or $(CONFIG_SPL_PAD_TO),0) \
-			-O binary $(obj)spl/u-boot-spl \
-			$(obj)spl/u-boot-spl-pad.bin
+		$(OBJCOPY) ${OBJCFLAGS} --pad-to=$(CONFIG_SPL_PAD_TO) \
+			-I binary -O binary $< $(obj)spl/u-boot-spl-pad.bin
 		cat $(obj)spl/u-boot-spl-pad.bin $(obj)u-boot.bin > $@
 		rm $(obj)spl/u-boot-spl-pad.bin
 
diff --git a/README b/README
index 11ffa71..938c38a 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -2883,8 +2883,11 @@ FIT uImage format:
 		Support for lib/libgeneric.o in SPL binary
 
 		CONFIG_SPL_PAD_TO
-		Linker address to which the SPL should be padded before
-		appending the SPL payload.
+		Image offset to which the SPL should be padded before appending
+		the SPL payload. By default, this is defined as
+		CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE, or 0 if CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE is undefined.
+		CONFIG_SPL_PAD_TO must be either 0, meaning to append the SPL
+		payload without any padding, or >= CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE.
 
 		CONFIG_SPL_TARGET
 		Final target image containing SPL and payload.  Some SPLs
diff --git a/include/config_fallbacks.h b/include/config_fallbacks.h
index bfb9680..457c99e 100644
--- a/include/config_fallbacks.h
+++ b/include/config_fallbacks.h
@@ -9,6 +9,22 @@
 #ifndef __CONFIG_FALLBACKS_H
 #define __CONFIG_FALLBACKS_H
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SPL
+#ifdef CONFIG_SPL_PAD_TO
+#ifdef CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE
+#if CONFIG_SPL_PAD_TO && CONFIG_SPL_PAD_TO < CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE
+#error CONFIG_SPL_PAD_TO < CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE
+#endif
+#endif
+#else
+#ifdef CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE
+#define CONFIG_SPL_PAD_TO	CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE
+#else
+#define CONFIG_SPL_PAD_TO	0
+#endif
+#endif
+#endif
+
 #ifndef CONFIG_SYS_BAUDRATE_TABLE
 #define CONFIG_SYS_BAUDRATE_TABLE	{ 9600, 19200, 38400, 57600, 115200 }
 #endif
diff --git a/include/configs/MPC8313ERDB.h b/include/configs/MPC8313ERDB.h
index 275d4f2..c28dfe0 100644
--- a/include/configs/MPC8313ERDB.h
+++ b/include/configs/MPC8313ERDB.h
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 #define CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE	0x00100000 /* CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_DST */
 #define CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE_SPL 0xfff00000
 #define CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE	(4 * 1024)
-#define CONFIG_SPL_PAD_TO	0xfff04000
+#define CONFIG_SPL_PAD_TO	0x4000
 
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_SIZE  (512 << 10)
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_DST   0x00100000