diff --git a/board/davinci/common/misc.c b/board/davinci/common/misc.c
index 25ca326500758e1b2df91572e14cddf684c4d631..86a875eeaa02089bfcdb4cf5267f314d08fe3eb1 100644
--- a/board/davinci/common/misc.c
+++ b/board/davinci/common/misc.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 
 DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
 
+#if defined(CONFIG_SYS_ARM_WITHOUT_RELOC)
 int dram_init(void)
 {
 	gd->bd->bi_dram[0].start = PHYS_SDRAM_1;
@@ -40,6 +41,22 @@ int dram_init(void)
 
 	return(0);
 }
+#else
+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,
+			CONFIG_MAX_RAM_BANK_SIZE);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void dram_init_banksize(void)
+{
+	gd->bd->bi_dram[0].start = CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE;
+	gd->bd->bi_dram[0].size = gd->ram_size;
+}
+#endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DRIVER_TI_EMAC
 
diff --git a/include/configs/da850evm.h b/include/configs/da850evm.h
index 016a21e9d0bdb62ae7df20e4a8c5a3756899b706..d02b1968b96f3cf2268cb748767edd51e14d582a 100644
--- a/include/configs/da850evm.h
+++ b/include/configs/da850evm.h
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 #define CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_SIZE	128 /* reserved for initial data */
 #define PHYS_SDRAM_1		DAVINCI_DDR_EMIF_DATA_BASE /* DDR Start */
 #define PHYS_SDRAM_1_SIZE	(64 << 20) /* SDRAM size 64MB */
+#define CONFIG_MAX_RAM_BANK_SIZE (512 << 20) /* max size from SPRS586*/
 
 /* memtest start addr */
 #define CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_START	(PHYS_SDRAM_1 + 0x2000000)