diff --git a/tcl/board/stm32f429discovery.cfg b/tcl/board/stm32f429discovery.cfg
index eddaa9f61..e06d2a51c 100644
--- a/tcl/board/stm32f429discovery.cfg
+++ b/tcl/board/stm32f429discovery.cfg
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ source [find interface/stlink-v2.cfg]
 
 transport select hla_swd
 
+# increase working area to 128KB
+set WORKAREASIZE 0x20000
+
 source [find target/stm32f4x.cfg]
 
 reset_config srst_only
diff --git a/tcl/board/stm32f469discovery.cfg b/tcl/board/stm32f469discovery.cfg
index eecfe3396..63b13638a 100644
--- a/tcl/board/stm32f469discovery.cfg
+++ b/tcl/board/stm32f469discovery.cfg
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ source [find interface/stlink-v2-1.cfg]
 
 transport select hla_swd
 
+# increase working area to 128KB
+set WORKAREASIZE 0x20000
+
 source [find target/stm32f4x.cfg]
 
 reset_config srst_only
diff --git a/tcl/board/stm32f4discovery.cfg b/tcl/board/stm32f4discovery.cfg
index f5b529204..963e0f959 100644
--- a/tcl/board/stm32f4discovery.cfg
+++ b/tcl/board/stm32f4discovery.cfg
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ source [find interface/stlink-v2.cfg]
 
 transport select hla_swd
 
+# increase working area to 64KB
+set WORKAREASIZE 0x10000
+
 source [find target/stm32f4x.cfg]
 
 reset_config srst_only
diff --git a/tcl/target/stm32f4x.cfg b/tcl/target/stm32f4x.cfg
index 7205c4614..14fc2ffbe 100644
--- a/tcl/target/stm32f4x.cfg
+++ b/tcl/target/stm32f4x.cfg
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ if { [info exists CHIPNAME] } {
 set _ENDIAN little
 
 # Work-area is a space in RAM used for flash programming
-# By default use 64kB
+# By default use 32kB (Available RAM in smallest device STM32F410)
 if { [info exists WORKAREASIZE] } {
    set _WORKAREASIZE $WORKAREASIZE
 } else {
-   set _WORKAREASIZE 0x10000
+   set _WORKAREASIZE 0x8000
 }
 
 #jtag scan chain