diff --git a/arch/arm/lib/bootm.c b/arch/arm/lib/bootm.c
index c63cbc0..dc7d2d9 100644
--- a/arch/arm/lib/bootm.c
+++ b/arch/arm/lib/bootm.c
@@ -237,7 +237,8 @@
 	int fd, ret, swap = 0;
 	struct zimage_header __header, *header;
 	void *zimage;
-	u32 end;
+	u32 end, start;
+	size_t image_size;
 	unsigned long load_address = data->os_address;
 	unsigned long mem_start, mem_size, mem_free;
 
@@ -245,23 +246,6 @@
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	if (load_address == UIMAGE_INVALID_ADDRESS) {
-		/*
-		 * The kernel should stay in the first 128MiB of RAM, recommended
-		 * is 32MiB into RAM so that relocation prior to decompression
-		 * can be avoided.
-		 */
-		if (mem_size > SZ_64M)
-			data->os_address = mem_start + SZ_32M;
-		else
-			data->os_address = mem_start + SZ_8M;
-
-		load_address = data->os_address;
-		if (bootm_verbose(data))
-			printf("no os load address, defaulting to 0x%08lx\n",
-				load_address);
-	}
-
 	fd = open(data->os_file, O_RDONLY);
 	if (fd < 0) {
 		perror("open");
@@ -288,14 +272,33 @@
 	}
 
 	end = header->end;
+	start = header->start;
 
-	if (swap)
+	if (swap) {
 		end = swab32(end);
+		start = swab32(start);
+	}
 
-	data->os_res = request_sdram_region("zimage", load_address, end);
+	image_size = end - start;
+
+	if (load_address == UIMAGE_INVALID_ADDRESS) {
+		/*
+		 * Just use a conservative default of 4 times the size of the
+		 * compressed image, to avoid the need for the kernel to
+		 * relocate itself before decompression.
+		 */
+		data->os_address = mem_start + PAGE_ALIGN(image_size * 4);
+
+		load_address = data->os_address;
+		if (bootm_verbose(data))
+			printf("no os load address, defaulting to 0x%08lx\n",
+				load_address);
+	}
+
+	data->os_res = request_sdram_region("zimage", load_address, image_size);
 	if (!data->os_res) {
 		pr_err("bootm/zImage: failed to request memory at 0x%lx to 0x%lx (%d).\n",
-		       load_address, load_address + end, end);
+		       load_address, load_address + image_size, image_size);
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto err_out;
 	}
@@ -304,7 +307,8 @@
 
 	memcpy(zimage, header, sizeof(*header));
 
-	ret = read_full(fd, zimage + sizeof(*header), end - sizeof(*header));
+	ret = read_full(fd, zimage + sizeof(*header),
+			image_size - sizeof(*header));
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto err_out;
 	if (ret < end - sizeof(*header)) {
@@ -326,13 +330,10 @@
 	close(fd);
 
 	/*
-	 * Put devicetree/initrd at maximum to 128MiB into RAM to not
-	 * risk to put it outside of lowmem.
+	 * put oftree/initrd close behind compressed kernel image to avoid
+	 * placing it outside of the kernels lowmem.
 	 */
-	if (mem_size > SZ_256M)
-		mem_free = mem_start + SZ_128M;
-	else
-		mem_free = PAGE_ALIGN(data->os_res->end + SZ_1M);
+	mem_free = PAGE_ALIGN(data->os_res->end + SZ_1M);
 
 	return __do_bootm_linux(data, mem_free, swap);