diff --git a/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xxx/ddr/lc_common_dimm_params.c b/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xxx/ddr/lc_common_dimm_params.c
index a58e5a96560f4bf108ac4a1efd9c9e96f7d99eb6..8b31ec0cfaeb97f5d078eedde6d40d1f40e70e1d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xxx/ddr/lc_common_dimm_params.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xxx/ddr/lc_common_dimm_params.c
@@ -367,7 +367,8 @@ compute_lowest_common_dimm_parameters(const dimm_params_t *dimm_params,
 	/* Determine if all DIMMs ECC capable. */
 	temp1 = 1;
 	for (i = 0; i < number_of_dimms; i++) {
-		if (dimm_params[i].n_ranks && dimm_params[i].edc_config != 2) {
+		if (dimm_params[i].n_ranks &&
+			!(dimm_params[i].edc_config & EDC_ECC)) {
 			temp1 = 0;
 			break;
 		}
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/fsl_ddr_dimm_params.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/fsl_ddr_dimm_params.h
index be8260277bc58adc37273e796c5776fc04cf7d80..982b8094625bb3c932f3a79f315f8081126982ee 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/fsl_ddr_dimm_params.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/fsl_ddr_dimm_params.h
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@
 #ifndef DDR2_DIMM_PARAMS_H
 #define DDR2_DIMM_PARAMS_H
 
+#define EDC_DATA_PARITY	1
+#define EDC_ECC		2
+#define EDC_AC_PARITY	4
+
 /* Parameters for a DDR2 dimm computed from the SPD */
 typedef struct dimm_params_s {