diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/atags_to_fdt.c b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/atags_to_fdt.c
index 6ce11c4811786389b830d497814c5338983cc723..797f04bedb47e4175ed8cdc707efe12a71ec0693 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/atags_to_fdt.c
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/atags_to_fdt.c
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ int atags_to_fdt(void *atag_list, void *fdt, int total_space)
 		} else if (atag->hdr.tag == ATAG_MEM) {
 			if (memcount >= sizeof(mem_reg_property)/4)
 				continue;
+			if (!atag->u.mem.size)
+				continue;
 			mem_reg_property[memcount++] = cpu_to_fdt32(atag->u.mem.start);
 			mem_reg_property[memcount++] = cpu_to_fdt32(atag->u.mem.size);
 		} else if (atag->hdr.tag == ATAG_INITRD2) {