diff --git a/board/freescale/ls1043aqds/ddr.c b/board/freescale/ls1043aqds/ddr.c
index 2643f5bf4aa2e604d193dc25a89fdfd3f4a308ce..b22d3784dce60dd2af32898bc664eb3e98c6e00a 100644
--- a/board/freescale/ls1043aqds/ddr.c
+++ b/board/freescale/ls1043aqds/ddr.c
@@ -113,7 +113,9 @@ int fsl_initdram(void)
 	phys_size_t dram_size;
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_SPL) && !defined(CONFIG_SPL_BUILD)
-	return fsl_ddr_sdram_size();
+	gd->ram_size = fsl_ddr_sdram_size();
+
+	return 0;
 #else
 	puts("Initializing DDR....using SPD\n");
 
diff --git a/board/freescale/ls1046aqds/ddr.c b/board/freescale/ls1046aqds/ddr.c
index d37af34a9c95bcde2bc2b939009dcb317f3c5541..5fcfa0f701882f5a57c5357aec4021c84defa660 100644
--- a/board/freescale/ls1046aqds/ddr.c
+++ b/board/freescale/ls1046aqds/ddr.c
@@ -97,7 +97,9 @@ int fsl_initdram(void)
 	phys_size_t dram_size;
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_SPL) && !defined(CONFIG_SPL_BUILD)
-	return fsl_ddr_sdram_size();
+	gd->ram_size = fsl_ddr_sdram_size();
+
+	return 0;
 #else
 	puts("Initializing DDR....using SPD\n");
 
diff --git a/board/freescale/ls1046ardb/ddr.c b/board/freescale/ls1046ardb/ddr.c
index a16f7bc83a91a0dcf2ae061051d6d5d059423cb4..ae5046cab6940563d4bf452701880d70dac9c38b 100644
--- a/board/freescale/ls1046ardb/ddr.c
+++ b/board/freescale/ls1046ardb/ddr.c
@@ -101,7 +101,9 @@ int fsl_initdram(void)
 	phys_size_t dram_size;
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_SPL) && !defined(CONFIG_SPL_BUILD)
-	return fsl_ddr_sdram_size();
+	gd->ram_size = fsl_ddr_sdram_size();
+
+	return 0;
 #else
 	puts("Initializing DDR....using SPD\n");