Index: u-boot/include/configs/ast-common.h
===================================================================
--- u-boot.orig/include/configs/ast-common.h
+++ u-boot/include/configs/ast-common.h
@@ -103,10 +103,13 @@
 #define CONFIG_SYS_MAX_FLASH_BANKS 	(CONFIG_FMC_CS)
 #define CONFIG_SYS_MAX_FLASH_SECT	(8192)		/* max number of sectors on one chip */
 #define CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_FLASH		1
-#define CONFIG_ENV_ADDR			(AST_FMC_CS0_BASE + 0x60000)
+#define CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET		0x2400000	/* environment starts here  */
+#define CONFIG_ENV_ADDR			(AST_FMC_CS0_BASE + CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET)
+#define CONFIG_ENV_SIZE			0x10000	/* Total Size of Environment Sector */
 
-#define CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET		0x60000	/* environment starts here  */
-#define CONFIG_ENV_SIZE			0x20000	/* Total Size of Environment Sector */
+#define CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_REDUND	(CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET + CONFIG_ENV_SIZE)
+#define CONFIG_ENV_ADDR_REDUND	(AST_FMC_CS0_BASE + CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_REDUND)
+#define CONFIG_ENV_SIZE_REDUND	CONFIG_ENV_SIZE
 
 #define CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND		"bootm 20080000"
 #define CONFIG_ENV_OVERWRITE
Index: u-boot/common/board_r.c
===================================================================
--- u-boot.orig/common/board_r.c
+++ u-boot/common/board_r.c
@@ -494,10 +494,14 @@ static int should_load_env(void)
 static int initr_env(void)
 {
 	/* initialize environment */
-	if (should_load_env())
+	if (should_load_env()) {
+		/* try again, in case the environment failed to load the first time */
+		if (!gd->env_valid)
+			env_init();
 		env_relocate();
-	else
+	} else {
 		set_default_env(NULL);
+	}
 #ifdef CONFIG_OF_CONTROL
 	setenv_addr("fdtcontroladdr", gd->fdt_blob);
 #endif