diff --git a/target/linux/rockchip/image/Makefile b/target/linux/rockchip/image/Makefile
index 8324d6482c..d46d192900 100644
--- a/target/linux/rockchip/image/Makefile
+++ b/target/linux/rockchip/image/Makefile
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ endef
 define Device/Default
   PROFILES := Default
   KERNEL = kernel-bin | lzma | fit lzma $$(KDIR)/image-$$(firstword $$(DEVICE_DTS)).dtb
+  KERNEL_LOADADDR :=
   BOOT_SCRIPT :=
   IMAGES := sysupgrade.img.gz
   IMAGE/sysupgrade.img.gz = boot-common | boot-script $$(BOOT_SCRIPT) | pine64-img | gzip | append-metadata