diff --git a/firmware/target/arm/imx31/app.lds b/firmware/target/arm/imx31/app.lds
index 4ab4665062..4ee7ac45d4 100644
--- a/firmware/target/arm/imx31/app.lds
+++ b/firmware/target/arm/imx31/app.lds
@@ -91,16 +91,18 @@ SECTIONS
     } AT> DRAM
 
     _vectorscopy = LOADADDR(.vectors);
-
-    .stack :
+    
+    .stack (NOLOAD) :
     {
        *(.stack)
        stackbegin = .;
        . += 0x2000;
        stackend = .;
     } > DRAM
+    
+    _sdmacodecopy = stackbegin;
 
-    .bss :
+    .bss (NOLOAD) :
     {
        _edata = .;
         *(.bss*)
@@ -110,30 +112,38 @@ SECTIONS
        _end = .;
     } > DRAM
 
-    .audiobuf ALIGN(4) :
+    .audiobuf (NOLOAD) :
     {
+    	. = ALIGN(0x4);
         _audiobuffer = .;
         audiobuffer = .;
     } > DRAM
 
-    .audiobufend ENDAUDIOADDR:
+    .audiobufend ENDAUDIOADDR (NOLOAD) :
     {
         audiobufend = .;
         _audiobufend = .;
     } > DRAM
 
-    .codec ENDAUDIOADDR:
+    .codec ENDAUDIOADDR (NOLOAD) :
     {
         codecbuf = .;
         _codecbuf = .;
     }
 
-    .plugin ENDADDR:
+    .plugin ENDADDR (NOLOAD) :
     {
         _pluginbuf = .;
         pluginbuf = .;
     }
     
+    .sdma _pluginbuf : AT( _sdmacodecopy )
+    {
+    	_sdmacodestart = .;
+    	*(.sdmacode);
+    	_sdmacodeend = .;
+    }
+    
     .devbss (NOLOAD) :
     {
     	_devbssdata = .;
diff --git a/firmware/target/arm/imx31/crt0.S b/firmware/target/arm/imx31/crt0.S
index 8459753f87..d51de7215a 100644
--- a/firmware/target/arm/imx31/crt0.S
+++ b/firmware/target/arm/imx31/crt0.S
@@ -231,6 +231,26 @@ remap_end:
     bhi     1b
 #endif /* BOOTLOADER */
 
+#ifndef BOOTLOADER
+    /* Copy discardable SDMA code - loaded in the stack section
+     * and so must be done first. Destination is the plugin buffer
+     * which is safe when SDMA init takes place just after kernel
+     * init. */
+    ldr     r4, =_sdmacodecopy
+    ldr     r3, =_sdmacodeend
+    ldr     r2, =_sdmacodestart
+1:
+    cmp     r3, r2
+    ldrhi   r5, [r4], #4
+    strhi   r5, [r2], #4
+    bhi     1b
+
+    /* Make buffer coherent */
+    ldr     r0, =_sdmacodestart
+    sub     r1, r3, r0
+    bl      clean_dcache_range
+#endif /* BOOTLOADER */
+
     /* Initialise bss section to zero */
     ldr     r2, =_edata
     ldr     r3, =_end
diff --git a/firmware/target/arm/imx31/sdma_script_code.h b/firmware/target/arm/imx31/sdma_script_code.h
index b80c39534b..1e75267a76 100644
--- a/firmware/target/arm/imx31/sdma_script_code.h
+++ b/firmware/target/arm/imx31/sdma_script_code.h
@@ -356,7 +356,8 @@
 /*!
  * Code download for i.MX system revision = 1.0
  */
-static __attribute__((aligned(4))) const short sdma_code_1[RAM_CODE_SIZE_1] =
+static __attribute__((aligned(4), section(".sdmacode")))
+    const short sdma_code_1[RAM_CODE_SIZE_1] =
 {
 	0xc0ec, 0x7d59, 0x0970, 0x0111, 0x5111, 0x5ad1, 0x5bd9, 0xc0fe,
 	0x5ce1, 0x7d02, 0x0200, 0x9806, 0x08ff, 0x0011, 0x28ff, 0x00bc,
@@ -851,7 +852,8 @@ static __attribute__((aligned(4))) const short sdma_code_1[RAM_CODE_SIZE_1] =
 /*!
  * Code download for i.MX system revision > 1.0
  */
-static __attribute__((aligned(4))) const short sdma_code_2[RAM_CODE_SIZE_2] =
+static __attribute__((aligned(4), section(".sdmacode")))
+    const short sdma_code_2[RAM_CODE_SIZE_2] =
 {
     0x0870, 0x0011, 0x5010, 0xc0ec, 0x7d61, 0x5ac0, 0x5bc8, 0x5ef8,
     0xc0fe, 0x56f8, 0x7d02, 0x0200, 0x9806, 0x6ec3, 0x6d07, 0x5df0,