diff --git a/arch/mips/bmips/setup.c b/arch/mips/bmips/setup.c
index 19308df5f577914dc05708893dc36503ebd3b921..1b06b25aea87dd1b4b67d4764bff878952aed794 100644
--- a/arch/mips/bmips/setup.c
+++ b/arch/mips/bmips/setup.c
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ void __init plat_mem_setup(void)
 		dtb = phys_to_virt(fw_arg2);
 	else if (fw_passed_dtb) /* UHI interface or appended dtb */
 		dtb = (void *)fw_passed_dtb;
-	else if (__dtb_start != __dtb_end)
+	else if (&__dtb_start != &__dtb_end)
 		dtb = (void *)__dtb_start;
 	else
 		panic("no dtb found");
diff --git a/arch/mips/lantiq/prom.c b/arch/mips/lantiq/prom.c
index 51a218f04fe0dd073ef65408c9137330a6a43fa9..3f568f5aae2d1121ee684b1b53fe257b17ba511f 100644
--- a/arch/mips/lantiq/prom.c
+++ b/arch/mips/lantiq/prom.c
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ void __init plat_mem_setup(void)
 
 	if (fw_passed_dtb) /* UHI interface */
 		dtb = (void *)fw_passed_dtb;
-	else if (__dtb_start != __dtb_end)
+	else if (&__dtb_start != &__dtb_end)
 		dtb = (void *)__dtb_start;
 	else
 		panic("no dtb found");
diff --git a/arch/mips/pic32/pic32mzda/init.c b/arch/mips/pic32/pic32mzda/init.c
index 50f376f058f438630fc81e39f876c22a7c8148ce..f232c77ff5265381908eef747eacca2f4316b4be 100644
--- a/arch/mips/pic32/pic32mzda/init.c
+++ b/arch/mips/pic32/pic32mzda/init.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ static ulong get_fdtaddr(void)
 	if (fw_passed_dtb && !fw_arg2 && !fw_arg3)
 		return (ulong)fw_passed_dtb;
 
-	if (__dtb_start < __dtb_end)
+	if (&__dtb_start < &__dtb_end)
 		ftaddr = (ulong)__dtb_start;
 
 	return ftaddr;
diff --git a/arch/mips/ralink/of.c b/arch/mips/ralink/of.c
index a971f1aca096cad8b7f66507c33d337963954c33..3017263ac4f9f877ca8fe7d174f2887bee1fb0b8 100644
--- a/arch/mips/ralink/of.c
+++ b/arch/mips/ralink/of.c
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ void __init plat_mem_setup(void)
 	 */
 	if (fw_passed_dtb)
 		dtb = (void *)fw_passed_dtb;
-	else if (__dtb_start != __dtb_end)
+	else if (&__dtb_start != &__dtb_end)
 		dtb = (void *)__dtb_start;
 
 	__dt_setup_arch(dtb);