diff --git a/board/freescale/mx53loco/mx53loco.c b/board/freescale/mx53loco/mx53loco.c
index 08dd66fcc6..b32a97ff1a 100644
--- a/board/freescale/mx53loco/mx53loco.c
+++ b/board/freescale/mx53loco/mx53loco.c
@@ -30,24 +30,41 @@
 
 DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
 
+static uint32_t mx53_dram_size[2];
+
+phys_size_t get_effective_memsize(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * WARNING: We must override get_effective_memsize() function here
+	 * to report only the size of the first DRAM bank. This is to make
+	 * U-Boot relocator place U-Boot into valid memory, that is, at the
+	 * end of the first DRAM bank. If we did not override this function
+	 * like so, U-Boot would be placed at the address of the first DRAM
+	 * bank + total DRAM size - sizeof(uboot), which in the setup where
+	 * each DRAM bank contains 512MiB of DRAM would result in placing
+	 * U-Boot into invalid memory area close to the end of the first
+	 * DRAM bank.
+	 */
+	return mx53_dram_size[0];
+}
+
 int dram_init(void)
 {
-	u32 size1, size2;
+	mx53_dram_size[0] = get_ram_size((void *)PHYS_SDRAM_1, 1 << 30);
+	mx53_dram_size[1] = get_ram_size((void *)PHYS_SDRAM_2, 1 << 30);
 
-	size1 = get_ram_size((void *)PHYS_SDRAM_1, PHYS_SDRAM_1_SIZE);
-	size2 = get_ram_size((void *)PHYS_SDRAM_2, PHYS_SDRAM_2_SIZE);
-
-	gd->ram_size = size1 + size2;
+	gd->ram_size = mx53_dram_size[0] + mx53_dram_size[1];
 
 	return 0;
 }
+
 void dram_init_banksize(void)
 {
 	gd->bd->bi_dram[0].start = PHYS_SDRAM_1;
-	gd->bd->bi_dram[0].size = PHYS_SDRAM_1_SIZE;
+	gd->bd->bi_dram[0].size = mx53_dram_size[0];
 
 	gd->bd->bi_dram[1].start = PHYS_SDRAM_2;
-	gd->bd->bi_dram[1].size = PHYS_SDRAM_2_SIZE;
+	gd->bd->bi_dram[1].size = mx53_dram_size[1];
 }
 
 u32 get_board_rev(void)
diff --git a/include/configs/mx53loco.h b/include/configs/mx53loco.h
index 5bbac0dfd8..4ca5bef9fc 100644
--- a/include/configs/mx53loco.h
+++ b/include/configs/mx53loco.h
@@ -193,13 +193,11 @@
 
 /* Physical Memory Map */
 #define CONFIG_NR_DRAM_BANKS	2
-#define PHYS_SDRAM_1		CSD0_BASE_ADDR
-#define PHYS_SDRAM_1_SIZE	(512 * 1024 * 1024)
-#define PHYS_SDRAM_2		CSD1_BASE_ADDR
-#define PHYS_SDRAM_2_SIZE	(512 * 1024 * 1024)
-#define PHYS_SDRAM_SIZE         (PHYS_SDRAM_1_SIZE + PHYS_SDRAM_2_SIZE)
-#define CONFIG_VERY_BIG_RAM
-#define CONFIG_MAX_MEM_MAPPED	PHYS_SDRAM_1_SIZE
+#define PHYS_SDRAM_1			CSD0_BASE_ADDR
+#define PHYS_SDRAM_1_SIZE		(gd->bd->bi_dram[0].size)
+#define PHYS_SDRAM_2			CSD1_BASE_ADDR
+#define PHYS_SDRAM_2_SIZE		(gd->bd->bi_dram[1].size)
+#define PHYS_SDRAM_SIZE			(gd->ram_size)
 
 #define CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE		(PHYS_SDRAM_1)
 #define CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR	(IRAM_BASE_ADDR)