diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/ti_k3_r5_remoteproc.c b/drivers/remoteproc/ti_k3_r5_remoteproc.c
index 15e52ea67bbe..a6b395ab47b6 100644
--- a/drivers/remoteproc/ti_k3_r5_remoteproc.c
+++ b/drivers/remoteproc/ti_k3_r5_remoteproc.c
@@ -362,11 +362,24 @@ static int k3_r5_rproc_prepare(struct rproc *rproc)
 
 	ret = (cluster->mode == CLUSTER_MODE_LOCKSTEP) ?
 		k3_r5_lockstep_release(cluster) : k3_r5_split_release(core);
-	if (ret)
+	if (ret) {
 		dev_err(dev, "unable to enable cores for TCM loading, ret = %d\n",
 			ret);
+		return ret;
+	}
 
-	return ret;
+	/*
+	 * Zero out both TCMs unconditionally (access from v8 Arm core is not
+	 * affected by ATCM & BTCM enable configuration values) so that ECC
+	 * can be effective on all TCM addresses.
+	 */
+	dev_dbg(dev, "zeroing out ATCM memory\n");
+	memset(core->mem[0].cpu_addr, 0x00, core->mem[0].size);
+
+	dev_dbg(dev, "zeroing out BTCM memory\n");
+	memset(core->mem[1].cpu_addr, 0x00, core->mem[1].size);
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /*