diff --git a/arch/arc/lib/cache.c b/arch/arc/lib/cache.c
index 4ba1804..4c696cb 100644
--- a/arch/arc/lib/cache.c
+++ b/arch/arc/lib/cache.c
@@ -832,21 +832,5 @@
 
 void arch_lmb_reserve(struct lmb *lmb)
 {
-	ulong sp;
-
-	/*
-	 * Booting a (Linux) kernel image
-	 *
-	 * Allocate space for command line and board info - the
-	 * address should be as high as possible within the reach of
-	 * the kernel (see CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ settings), but in unused
-	 * memory, which means far enough below the current stack
-	 * pointer.
-	 */
-	sp = get_sp();
-	debug("## Current stack ends at 0x%08lx ", sp);
-
-	/* adjust sp by 4K to be safe */
-	sp -= 4096;
-	lmb_reserve(lmb, sp, (CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE + gd->ram_size - sp));
+	arch_lmb_reserve_generic(lmb, get_sp(), gd->ram_top, 4096);
 }
diff --git a/arch/arm/lib/stack.c b/arch/arm/lib/stack.c
index 3f961f4..52d9f15 100644
--- a/arch/arm/lib/stack.c
+++ b/arch/arm/lib/stack.c
@@ -45,36 +45,5 @@
 
 void arch_lmb_reserve(struct lmb *lmb)
 {
-	ulong sp, bank_end;
-	int bank;
-
-	/*
-	 * Booting a (Linux) kernel image
-	 *
-	 * Allocate space for command line and board info - the
-	 * address should be as high as possible within the reach of
-	 * the kernel (see CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ settings), but in unused
-	 * memory, which means far enough below the current stack
-	 * pointer.
-	 */
-	sp = get_sp();
-	debug("## Current stack ends at 0x%08lx ", sp);
-
-	/* adjust sp by 4K to be safe */
-	sp -= 4096;
-	for (bank = 0; bank < CONFIG_NR_DRAM_BANKS; bank++) {
-		if (!gd->bd->bi_dram[bank].size ||
-		    sp < gd->bd->bi_dram[bank].start)
-			continue;
-		/* Watch out for RAM at end of address space! */
-		bank_end = gd->bd->bi_dram[bank].start +
-			gd->bd->bi_dram[bank].size - 1;
-		if (sp > bank_end)
-			continue;
-		if (bank_end > gd->ram_top)
-			bank_end = gd->ram_top - 1;
-
-		lmb_reserve(lmb, sp, bank_end - sp + 1);
-		break;
-	}
+	arch_lmb_reserve_generic(lmb, get_sp(), gd->ram_top, 4096);
 }
diff --git a/arch/m68k/lib/bootm.c b/arch/m68k/lib/bootm.c
index 51a6f93..27729db 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/lib/bootm.c
+++ b/arch/m68k/lib/bootm.c
@@ -32,23 +32,7 @@
 
 void arch_lmb_reserve(struct lmb *lmb)
 {
-	ulong sp;
-
-	/*
-	 * Booting a (Linux) kernel image
-	 *
-	 * Allocate space for command line and board info - the
-	 * address should be as high as possible within the reach of
-	 * the kernel (see CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ settings), but in unused
-	 * memory, which means far enough below the current stack
-	 * pointer.
-	 */
-	sp = get_sp();
-	debug ("## Current stack ends at 0x%08lx ", sp);
-
-	/* adjust sp by 1K to be safe */
-	sp -= 1024;
-	lmb_reserve(lmb, sp, (CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE + gd->ram_size - sp));
+	arch_lmb_reserve_generic(lmb, get_sp(), gd->ram_top, 1024);
 }
 
 int do_bootm_linux(int flag, int argc, char *const argv[],
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/lib/bootm.c b/arch/microblaze/lib/bootm.c
index 6695ac6..3a6da6e 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/lib/bootm.c
+++ b/arch/microblaze/lib/bootm.c
@@ -34,33 +34,7 @@
 
 void arch_lmb_reserve(struct lmb *lmb)
 {
-	ulong sp, bank_end;
-	int bank;
-
-	/*
-	 * Booting a (Linux) kernel image
-	 *
-	 * Allocate space for command line and board info - the
-	 * address should be as high as possible within the reach of
-	 * the kernel (see CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ settings), but in unused
-	 * memory, which means far enough below the current stack
-	 * pointer.
-	 */
-	sp = get_sp();
-	debug("## Current stack ends at 0x%08lx ", sp);
-
-	/* adjust sp by 4K to be safe */
-	sp -= 4096;
-	for (bank = 0; bank < CONFIG_NR_DRAM_BANKS; bank++) {
-		if (sp < gd->bd->bi_dram[bank].start)
-			continue;
-		bank_end = gd->bd->bi_dram[bank].start +
-			gd->bd->bi_dram[bank].size;
-		if (sp >= bank_end)
-			continue;
-		lmb_reserve(lmb, sp, bank_end - sp);
-		break;
-	}
+	arch_lmb_reserve_generic(lmb, get_sp(), gd->ram_top, 4096);
 }
 
 static void boot_jump_linux(bootm_headers_t *images, int flag)
diff --git a/arch/mips/lib/bootm.c b/arch/mips/lib/bootm.c
index fde90fc..cab8da4 100644
--- a/arch/mips/lib/bootm.c
+++ b/arch/mips/lib/bootm.c
@@ -39,14 +39,7 @@
 
 void arch_lmb_reserve(struct lmb *lmb)
 {
-	ulong sp;
-
-	sp = arch_get_sp();
-	debug("## Current stack ends at 0x%08lx\n", sp);
-
-	/* adjust sp by 4K to be safe */
-	sp -= 4096;
-	lmb_reserve(lmb, sp, gd->ram_top - sp);
+	arch_lmb_reserve_generic(lmb, arch_get_sp(), gd->ram_top, 4096);
 }
 
 static void linux_cmdline_init(void)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/bootm.c b/arch/powerpc/lib/bootm.c
index 31c17b5..8d65047 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/lib/bootm.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/bootm.c
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
 void arch_lmb_reserve(struct lmb *lmb)
 {
 	phys_size_t bootm_size;
-	ulong size, sp, bootmap_base;
+	ulong size, bootmap_base;
 
 	bootmap_base = env_get_bootm_low();
 	bootm_size = env_get_bootm_size();
@@ -141,21 +141,7 @@
 		lmb_reserve(lmb, base, bootm_size - size);
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * Booting a (Linux) kernel image
-	 *
-	 * Allocate space for command line and board info - the
-	 * address should be as high as possible within the reach of
-	 * the kernel (see CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ settings), but in unused
-	 * memory, which means far enough below the current stack
-	 * pointer.
-	 */
-	sp = get_sp();
-	debug("## Current stack ends at 0x%08lx\n", sp);
-
-	/* adjust sp by 4K to be safe */
-	sp -= 4096;
-	lmb_reserve(lmb, sp, (CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE + get_effective_memsize() - sp));
+	arch_lmb_reserve_generic(lmb, get_sp(), gd->ram_top, 4096);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MP
 	cpu_mp_lmb_reserve(lmb);