diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index e084b7e981e8ff301aaae64ef3a2dc7e66701247..928cbcc1feca1f86c3b5a9634ea59697ffb2ad93 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -1125,6 +1125,11 @@ config ARM_TIMER_SP804
 
 source arch/arm/mm/Kconfig
 
+config ARM_NR_BANKS
+	int
+	default 16 if ARCH_EP93XX
+	default 8
+
 config IWMMXT
 	bool "Enable iWMMXt support"
 	depends on CPU_XSCALE || CPU_XSC3 || CPU_MOHAWK || CPU_PJ4
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/setup.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/setup.h
index 915696dd9c7c32d4d9702d54c933d50bbc4ca1e0..23ebc0c82a3975ae5c455dd39598e93ab33922e7 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/setup.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/setup.h
@@ -192,11 +192,7 @@ static const struct tagtable __tagtable_##fn __tag = { tag, fn }
 /*
  * Memory map description
  */
-#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_EP93XX
-# define NR_BANKS 16
-#else
-# define NR_BANKS 8
-#endif
+#define NR_BANKS	CONFIG_ARM_NR_BANKS
 
 struct membank {
 	phys_addr_t start;