diff --git a/board/Synology/ds414/ds414.c b/board/Synology/ds414/ds414.c
index abe6f9eb5e..f0b55fa095 100644
--- a/board/Synology/ds414/ds414.c
+++ b/board/Synology/ds414/ds414.c
@@ -181,18 +181,9 @@ int board_init(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int misc_init_r(void)
+int board_late_init(void)
 {
-	if (!env_get("ethaddr")) {
-		puts("Incomplete environment, populating from SPI flash\n");
-		do_syno_populate(0, NULL);
-	}
-	return 0;
-}
-
-int checkboard(void)
-{
-	puts("Board: DS414\n");
-
+	/* Do late init to ensure successful enumeration of XHCI devices */
+	pci_init();
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/configs/ds414_defconfig b/configs/ds414_defconfig
index ecf9501ba5..501ed51129 100644
--- a/configs/ds414_defconfig
+++ b/configs/ds414_defconfig
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 CONFIG_ARM=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_CPU_INIT=y
+CONFIG_SYS_THUMB_BUILD=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_MVEBU=y
 CONFIG_SUPPORT_PASSING_ATAGS=y
 CONFIG_CMDLINE_TAG=y
@@ -25,44 +26,40 @@ CONFIG_SPL_BSS_MAX_SIZE=0x4000
 CONFIG_SPL=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_UART_BASE=0xf1012000
 CONFIG_DEBUG_UART_CLOCK=250000000
+CONFIG_IDENT_STRING="\nSynology DS214+/DS414 2/4-Bay Diskstation"
 CONFIG_SYS_LOAD_ADDR=0x800000
 CONFIG_PCI=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_UART=y
+CONFIG_BOOTSTD_FULL=y
 CONFIG_BOOTDELAY=3
 CONFIG_USE_BOOTARGS=y
-CONFIG_BOOTARGS="console=ttyS0,115200 ip=off initrd=0x8000040,8M root=/dev/md0 rw syno_hw_version=DS414r1 ihd_num=4 netif_num=2 flash_size=8 SataLedSpecial=1 HddHotplug=1"
-CONFIG_USE_BOOTCOMMAND=y
-CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND="sf probe; sf read ${loadaddr} 0xd0000 0x2d0000; sf read ${ramdisk_addr_r} 0x3a0000 0x430000; bootm ${loadaddr} ${ramdisk_addr_r}"
 # CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO is not set
 CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO_LATE=y
-CONFIG_MISC_INIT_R=y
+CONFIG_BOARD_LATE_INIT=y
 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE=0x1bfd0
 CONFIG_SPL_SYS_MALLOC_SIMPLE=y
 # CONFIG_SPL_SHARES_INIT_SP_ADDR is not set
 CONFIG_SPL_I2C=y
+CONFIG_SYS_PROMPT="DS414> "
 CONFIG_SYS_MAXARGS=32
 CONFIG_CMD_I2C=y
 CONFIG_CMD_PCI=y
 CONFIG_CMD_SPI=y
 CONFIG_CMD_USB=y
-# CONFIG_CMD_SETEXPR is not set
-CONFIG_CMD_DHCP=y
 CONFIG_CMD_TFTPPUT=y
-CONFIG_CMD_MII=y
-CONFIG_CMD_PING=y
 CONFIG_CMD_TIME=y
-CONFIG_CMD_EXT2=y
-CONFIG_CMD_FAT=y
 CONFIG_CMD_JFFS2=y
 CONFIG_CMD_MTDPARTS=y
 CONFIG_CMD_UBI=y
-CONFIG_ISO_PARTITION=y
 CONFIG_ENV_OVERWRITE=y
 CONFIG_ENV_SPI_MAX_HZ=50000000
 CONFIG_SYS_RELOC_GD_ENV_ADDR=y
 CONFIG_ARP_TIMEOUT=200
 CONFIG_NET_RETRY_COUNT=50
+CONFIG_NET_RANDOM_ETHADDR=y
 CONFIG_SPL_OF_TRANSLATE=y
+CONFIG_LBA48=y
+CONFIG_SYS_64BIT_LBA=y
 CONFIG_DM_I2C=y
 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MVTWSI=y
 # CONFIG_MMC is not set
@@ -83,4 +80,3 @@ CONFIG_USB_XHCI_HCD=y
 # CONFIG_USB_XHCI_MVEBU is not set
 CONFIG_USB_XHCI_PCI=y
 CONFIG_USB_EHCI_HCD=y
-CONFIG_USB_STORAGE=y
diff --git a/include/configs/ds414.h b/include/configs/ds414.h
index 9446acba79..89e55bf0d4 100644
--- a/include/configs/ds414.h
+++ b/include/configs/ds414.h
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+ */
 /*
+ * Copyright (C) 2024 Tony Dinh <mibodhi@gmail.com>
  * Copyright (C) 2014 Stefan Roese <sr@denx.de>
  */
 
@@ -16,14 +17,9 @@
  * U-Boot into it.
  */
 
-/* I2C */
 #define CFG_I2C_MVTWSI_BASE0		MVEBU_TWSI_BASE
 
-/*
- * mv-common.h should be defined after CMD configs since it used them
- * to enable certain macros
- */
-#include "mv-common.h"
+#define PHY_ANEG_TIMEOUT	16000	/* PHY needs a longer aneg time */
 
 /*
  * Memory layout while starting into the bin_hdr via the
@@ -38,23 +34,54 @@
  * L2 cache thus cannot be used.
  */
 
-/* SPL */
-/* Defines for SPL */
+/* Keep device tree and initrd in lower memory so the kernel can access them */
+#define RELOCATION_LIMITS_ENV_SETTINGS  \
+	"fdt_high=0x10000000\0"         \
+	"initrd_high=0x10000000\0"
 
-/* Default Environment */
+/*
+ * mv-common.h should be defined after CMD configs since it used them
+ * to enable certain macros
+ */
+#include "mv-common.h"
 
-#define CFG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS				\
-	"initrd_high=0xffffffff\0"				\
-	"ramdisk_addr_r=0x8000000\0"				\
-	"usb0Mode=host\0usb1Mode=host\0usb2Mode=device\0"	\
-	"ethmtu=1500\0eth1mtu=1500\0"				\
-	"update_uboot=sf probe; dhcp; "				\
-		"mw.b ${loadaddr} 0x0 0xd0000; "		\
-		"tftpboot ${loadaddr} u-boot-with-spl.kwb; "	\
+#ifndef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
+
+#define KERNEL_ADDR_R	__stringify(0x1000000)
+#define FDT_ADDR_R	__stringify(0x2000000)
+#define RAMDISK_ADDR_R	__stringify(0x2200000)
+#define SCRIPT_ADDR_R	__stringify(0x1800000)
+#define PXEFILE_ADDR_R	__stringify(0x1900000)
+
+#define EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS_LEGACY \
+	"bootargs_legacy=console=ttyS0,115200 ip=off initrd=0x8000040,8M " \
+		"root=/dev/md0 rw syno_hw_version=DS414r1 ihd_num=4 netif_num=2 " \
+		"flash_size=8 SataLedSpecial=1 HddHotplug=1\0" \
+	"bootcmd_legacy=sf probe; sf read ${loadaddr} 0xd0000 0x2d0000; " \
+		"sf read ${ramdisk_addr_r} 0x3a0000 0x430000; " \
+		"run bootargs_legacy; " \
+		"bootm ${loadaddr} ${ramdisk_addr_r}\0"	\
+	"usb0Mode=host\0usb1Mode=host\0usb2Mode=device\0" \
+	"ethmtu=1500\0eth1mtu=1500\0" \
+	"update_uboot=sf probe; dhcp; "	\
+		"mw.b ${loadaddr} 0x0 0xd0000; " \
+		"tftpboot ${loadaddr} u-boot-with-spl.kwb; " \
 		"sf update ${loadaddr} 0x0 0xd0000\0"
 
+#define LOAD_ADDRESS_ENV_SETTINGS \
+	"kernel_addr_r=" KERNEL_ADDR_R "\0" \
+	"fdt_addr_r=" FDT_ADDR_R "\0" \
+	"ramdisk_addr_r=" RAMDISK_ADDR_R "\0" \
+	"scriptaddr=" SCRIPT_ADDR_R "\0" \
+	"pxefile_addr_r=" PXEFILE_ADDR_R "\0"
+
+#define CFG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS \
+	RELOCATION_LIMITS_ENV_SETTINGS \
+	LOAD_ADDRESS_ENV_SETTINGS \
+	EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS_LEGACY \
+	"fdtfile=" CONFIG_DEFAULT_DEVICE_TREE ".dtb\0" \
+	"console=ttyS0,115200\0"
 
-/* increase autoneg timeout, my NIC sucks */
-#define PHY_ANEG_TIMEOUT	16000
+#endif /* CONFIG_SPL_BUILD */
 
 #endif /* _CONFIG_SYNOLOGY_DS414_H */
