diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/arch-fsl-layerscape/config.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/arch-fsl-layerscape/config.h
index b5a2d28..7217a87 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/arch-fsl-layerscape/config.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/arch-fsl-layerscape/config.h
@@ -126,8 +126,8 @@
 #define CONFIG_SYS_FSL_OCRAM_BASE		0x10000000 /* initial RAM */
 #define CONFIG_SYS_FSL_OCRAM_SIZE		0x200000 /* 2 MiB */
 #define CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_BE
-#define CONFIG_SYS_LS1_DDR_BLOCK1_SIZE  ((phys_size_t)2 << 30)
-#define CONFIG_MAX_MEM_MAPPED           CONFIG_SYS_LS1_DDR_BLOCK1_SIZE
+#define CONFIG_SYS_DDR_BLOCK1_SIZE		((phys_size_t)2 << 30)
+#define CONFIG_MAX_MEM_MAPPED			CONFIG_SYS_DDR_BLOCK1_SIZE
 
 #define CONFIG_SYS_FSL_CCSR_GUR_BE
 #define CONFIG_SYS_FSL_CCSR_SCFG_BE
diff --git a/board/freescale/ls1043ardb/ddr.c b/board/freescale/ls1043ardb/ddr.c
index b181579..249d056 100644
--- a/board/freescale/ls1043ardb/ddr.c
+++ b/board/freescale/ls1043ardb/ddr.c
@@ -187,5 +187,12 @@
 void dram_init_banksize(void)
 {
 	gd->bd->bi_dram[0].start = CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE;
-	gd->bd->bi_dram[0].size = gd->ram_size;
+	if (gd->ram_size > CONFIG_SYS_DDR_BLOCK1_SIZE) {
+		gd->bd->bi_dram[0].size = CONFIG_SYS_DDR_BLOCK1_SIZE;
+		gd->bd->bi_dram[1].start = CONFIG_SYS_DDR_BLOCK2_BASE;
+		gd->bd->bi_dram[1].size = gd->ram_size -
+					  CONFIG_SYS_DDR_BLOCK1_SIZE;
+	} else {
+		gd->bd->bi_dram[0].size = gd->ram_size;
+	}
 }
diff --git a/board/freescale/ls1043ardb/ls1043ardb.c b/board/freescale/ls1043ardb/ls1043ardb.c
index cdd50d6..4556ea8 100644
--- a/board/freescale/ls1043ardb/ls1043ardb.c
+++ b/board/freescale/ls1043ardb/ls1043ardb.c
@@ -130,6 +130,16 @@
 
 int ft_board_setup(void *blob, bd_t *bd)
 {
+	u64 base[CONFIG_NR_DRAM_BANKS];
+	u64 size[CONFIG_NR_DRAM_BANKS];
+
+	/* fixup DT for the two DDR banks */
+	base[0] = gd->bd->bi_dram[0].start;
+	size[0] = gd->bd->bi_dram[0].size;
+	base[1] = gd->bd->bi_dram[1].start;
+	size[1] = gd->bd->bi_dram[1].size;
+
+	fdt_fixup_memory_banks(blob, base, size, 2);
 	ft_cpu_setup(blob, bd);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYS_DPAA_FMAN
diff --git a/include/configs/ls1043a_common.h b/include/configs/ls1043a_common.h
index 6b9856a..677d281 100644
--- a/include/configs/ls1043a_common.h
+++ b/include/configs/ls1043a_common.h
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 #define CONFIG_SYS_DDR_SDRAM_BASE	0x80000000
 #define CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_SDRAM_BASE_PHY	0
 #define CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE		CONFIG_SYS_DDR_SDRAM_BASE
+#define CONFIG_SYS_DDR_BLOCK2_BASE      0x880000000ULL
 
 #define CPU_RELEASE_ADDR               secondary_boot_func
 
diff --git a/include/configs/ls1043ardb.h b/include/configs/ls1043ardb.h
index 7d113a0..6834074 100644
--- a/include/configs/ls1043ardb.h
+++ b/include/configs/ls1043ardb.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #define CONFIG_DIMM_SLOTS_PER_CTLR	1
 /* Physical Memory Map */
 #define CONFIG_CHIP_SELECTS_PER_CTRL	4
-#define CONFIG_NR_DRAM_BANKS		1
+#define CONFIG_NR_DRAM_BANKS		2
 
 #define CONFIG_SYS_SPD_BUS_NUM		0