diff --git a/board/davedenx/qong/qong.c b/board/davedenx/qong/qong.c
index b1238d5..ec22627 100644
--- a/board/davedenx/qong/qong.c
+++ b/board/davedenx/qong/qong.c
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 int dram_init (void)
 {
 	/* dram_init must store complete ramsize in gd->ram_size */
-	gd->ram_size = get_ram_size((volatile void *)CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE,
+	gd->ram_size = get_ram_size((void *)CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE,
 				PHYS_SDRAM_1_SIZE);
 	return 0;
 }