1 files changed, 1 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/of.c b/arch/powerpc/boot/of.c
index fd99f789a37b..3a71845afc6c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/boot/of.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/of.c
@@ -176,12 +176,9 @@ static void *claim(unsigned long virt, unsigned long size, unsigned long align)
 static void *of_try_claim(u32 size)
 {
         unsigned long addr = 0;
-        static u8 first_time = 1;
 
-        if (first_time) {
+        if (claim_base == 0)
                 claim_base = _ALIGN_UP((unsigned long)_end, ONE_MB);
-                first_time = 0;
-        }
 
         for(; claim_base < RAM_END; claim_base += ONE_MB) {
 #ifdef DEBUG