A storage system and method for enabling a direct accessible boot block in a memory die are disclosed. In one embodiment, a storage system is provided comprising a NAND memory, a volatile memory, a processor, and a NAND controller. The NAND controller is configured to perform the following in response to receiving a command from the processor at power-up: read bootloader code from the NAND memory; and execute the bootloader code, wherein execution of the bootloader code causes initialization code to be read from the NAND memory and stored in the volatile memory. Other embodiments are provided.