diff --git a/common/dlmalloc.c b/common/dlmalloc.c
index ca088a17d1596fc192be4cd3dc12b9b2ab2a411c..735b3443e63a556e0af9dbd63f3def0286f85a0a 100644
--- a/common/dlmalloc.c
+++ b/common/dlmalloc.c
@@ -1522,11 +1522,6 @@ void *sbrk(ptrdiff_t increment)
 	return (void *)old;
 }
 
-#ifndef CONFIG_X86
-/*
- * x86 boards use a slightly different init sequence thus they implement
- * their own version of mem_malloc_init()
- */
 void mem_malloc_init(ulong start, ulong size)
 {
 	mem_malloc_start = start;
@@ -1535,7 +1530,6 @@ void mem_malloc_init(ulong start, ulong size)
 
 	memset((void *)mem_malloc_start, 0, size);
 }
-#endif
 
 /* field-extraction macros */
 
diff --git a/include/configs/eNET.h b/include/configs/eNET.h
index 243a55417859da26d07bd785ac533c41239a751f..54c34fa6728dfd11c34b08414307506dd99b4ed8 100644
--- a/include/configs/eNET.h
+++ b/include/configs/eNET.h
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 /*
  * Size of malloc() pool
  */
-#define CONFIG_MALLOC_SIZE	(CONFIG_SYS_ENV_SIZE + 128*1024)
+#define CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN	(CONFIG_ENV_SIZE + 128*1024)
 
 #define CONFIG_BAUDRATE		9600
 
diff --git a/include/configs/sc520_cdp.h b/include/configs/sc520_cdp.h
index 214a9af356eefef62f9d05447116bd6e3853a6c8..2f1dae729cd366cba7ff99960d8dfc79aab00014 100644
--- a/include/configs/sc520_cdp.h
+++ b/include/configs/sc520_cdp.h
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 /*
  * Size of malloc() pool
  */
-#define CONFIG_MALLOC_SIZE	(CONFIG_ENV_SIZE + 128*1024)
+#define CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN	(CONFIG_ENV_SIZE + 128*1024)
 
 #define CONFIG_BAUDRATE		9600
 
diff --git a/include/configs/sc520_spunk.h b/include/configs/sc520_spunk.h
index f3fc9602ada9e5b7ab1704b0fff4e56af7dbcd4b..cf5633c0d2fbce53f61b3378e2d762c9c25d5bc8 100644
--- a/include/configs/sc520_spunk.h
+++ b/include/configs/sc520_spunk.h
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 /*
  * Size of malloc() pool
  */
-#define CONFIG_MALLOC_SIZE	(CONFIG_ENV_SIZE + 128*1024)
+#define CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN	(CONFIG_ENV_SIZE + 128*1024)
 
 
 #define CONFIG_BAUDRATE		9600
diff --git a/lib_i386/board.c b/lib_i386/board.c
index 12ca20f608b162baaa4ba86b33320d5991023d10..ebd70476c8b61fc4df965885dd59b0073766754f 100644
--- a/lib_i386/board.c
+++ b/lib_i386/board.c
@@ -77,17 +77,16 @@ ulong i386boot_bios_size     = (ulong)&_i386boot_bios_size;     /* size of BIOS
 const char version_string[] =
 	U_BOOT_VERSION" (" U_BOOT_DATE " - " U_BOOT_TIME ")";
 
-static int mem_malloc_init(void)
+static int heap_init(void)
 {
 	/* start malloc area right after the stack */
-	mem_malloc_start = i386boot_bss_start +
-		i386boot_bss_size + CONFIG_SYS_STACK_SIZE;
-	mem_malloc_start = (mem_malloc_start+3)&~3;
+	ulong start = i386boot_bss_start + i386boot_bss_size +
+			CONFIG_SYS_STACK_SIZE;
 
-	/* Use all available RAM for malloc() */
-	mem_malloc_end = gd->ram_size;
+	/* 4-byte aligned */
+	start = (start+3)&~3;
 
-	mem_malloc_brk = mem_malloc_start;
+	mem_malloc_init(start, CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -184,7 +183,7 @@ init_fnc_t *init_sequence[] = {
 	cpu_init,		/* basic cpu dependent setup */
 	board_init,		/* basic board dependent setup */
 	dram_init,		/* configure available RAM banks */
-	mem_malloc_init,        /* dependant on dram_init */
+	heap_init,		/* dependant on dram_init */
 	interrupt_init,		/* set up exceptions */
 	timer_init,
 	serial_init,