1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/arch/mips/alchemy/devboards/prom.c b/arch/mips/alchemy/devboards/prom.c
index b30df5c97ad3..baeb21385058 100644
--- a/arch/mips/alchemy/devboards/prom.c
+++ b/arch/mips/alchemy/devboards/prom.c
@@ -54,10 +54,9 @@ void __init prom_init(void)
 
         prom_init_cmdline();
         memsize_str = prom_getenv("memsize");
-        if (!memsize_str)
+        if (!memsize_str || strict_strtoul(memsize_str, 0, &memsize))
                 memsize = ALCHEMY_BOARD_DEFAULT_MEMSIZE;
-        else
-                strict_strtoul(memsize_str, 0, &memsize);
+
         add_memory_region(0, memsize, BOOT_MEM_RAM);
 }