diff --git a/drivers/mtd/bcm47xxpart.c b/drivers/mtd/bcm47xxpart.c
index 8282f47bcf5d374e03d343453d62ee0bc4851785..b06d4c4553ed859fd1c347dbfd0a27c0935d20c9 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/bcm47xxpart.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/bcm47xxpart.c
@@ -118,8 +118,8 @@ static int bcm47xxpart_parse(struct mtd_info *master,
 	/* Parse block by block looking for magics */
 	for (offset = 0; offset <= master->size - blocksize;
 	     offset += blocksize) {
-		/* Nothing more in higher memory */
-		if (offset >= 0x2000000)
+		/* Nothing more in higher memory on BCM47XX (MIPS) */
+		if (config_enabled(CONFIG_BCM47XX) && offset >= 0x2000000)
 			break;
 
 		if (curr_part >= BCM47XXPART_MAX_PARTS) {