unsigned long memory_start;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(memory_start);
-
-unsigned long memory_end;
+unsigned long memory_end = 0;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(memory_end);
 
 static int __init early_parse_mem(char *p)
        data_resource.end = virt_to_phys(_edata)-1;
 
        memory_start = (unsigned long)PAGE_OFFSET+__MEMORY_START;
-       memory_end = memory_start + __MEMORY_SIZE;
+       if (!memory_end)
+               memory_end = memory_start + __MEMORY_SIZE;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_CMDLINE_BOOL
        strlcpy(command_line, CONFIG_CMDLINE, sizeof(command_line));