diff --git a/common/spl/spl.c b/common/spl/spl.c
index f01a21c..6b90ad8 100644
--- a/common/spl/spl.c
+++ b/common/spl/spl.c
@@ -139,9 +139,13 @@
 	u32 boot_device;
 	debug(">>spl:board_init_r()\n");
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_START
+#if defined(CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_START)
 	mem_malloc_init(CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_START,
 			CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_SIZE);
+	gd->flags |= GD_FLG_FULL_MALLOC_INIT;
+#elif defined(CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_F_LEN)
+	gd->malloc_limit = gd->malloc_base + CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_F_LEN;
+	gd->malloc_ptr = 0;
 #endif
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_PPC
@@ -238,6 +242,11 @@
 	default:
 		debug("Unsupported OS image.. Jumping nevertheless..\n");
 	}
+#if defined(CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_F_LEN) && !defined(CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_SIZE)
+	debug("SPL malloc() used %#lx bytes (%ld KB)\n", gd->malloc_ptr,
+	      gd->malloc_ptr / 1024);
+#endif
+
 	jump_to_image_no_args(&spl_image);
 }