diff --git a/iopsys-common/iopsys-fit-image.mk b/iopsys-common/iopsys-fit-image.mk
index c737b2e4fc4e62d62905c2684b690cf53adfdfbb..9d3ed061e91816657a283eb6c63d09606bdfeb06 100644
--- a/iopsys-common/iopsys-fit-image.mk
+++ b/iopsys-common/iopsys-fit-image.mk
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ endef
 
 define iowrt-kernel-fit-mkimage
 	PATH=$(LINUX_DIR)/scripts/dtc:$(PATH) mkimage \
-		$(if $(findstring external,$(word 2,$(1))), -E -B 0x1000 $(if $(findstring static,$(word 2,$(1))),-p 0x1000)) \
+		$(if $(findstring external,$(word 2,$(1))), -E -B 0x1000 $(if $(findstring static,$(word 2,$(1))),-p 0x2000)) \
 		-r \
 		-f $@.its \
 		$@.new