diff --git a/board/denx/m53evk/m53evk.c b/board/denx/m53evk/m53evk.c
index 0f71a16..74f9501 100644
--- a/board/denx/m53evk/m53evk.c
+++ b/board/denx/m53evk/m53evk.c
@@ -31,24 +31,41 @@
 
 DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
 
-int dram_init(void)
+static uint32_t mx53_dram_size[2];
+
+phys_size_t get_effective_memsize(void)
 {
-	u32 size1, size2;
+	/*
+	 * 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];
+}
 
-	size1 = get_ram_size((void *)PHYS_SDRAM_1, PHYS_SDRAM_1_SIZE);
-	size2 = get_ram_size((void *)PHYS_SDRAM_2, PHYS_SDRAM_2_SIZE);
+int dram_init(void)
+{
+	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);
 
-	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];
 }
 
 static void setup_iomux_uart(void)