diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/fw/fw.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/fw/fw.h
index d6c50a7e9edebf13e68338758b297667d87087f2..f3e6978aad704c4a15bad1971c55625f2e378f6e 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/fw/fw.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/fw/fw.h
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ extern int *_fw_envp;
 
 extern void fw_init_cmdline(void);
 extern char *fw_getcmdline(void);
-extern fw_memblock_t *fw_getmdesc(void);
+extern fw_memblock_t *fw_getmdesc(int);
 extern void fw_meminit(void);
 extern char *fw_getenv(char *name);
 extern unsigned long fw_getenvl(char *name);
diff --git a/arch/mips/mti-malta/malta-memory.c b/arch/mips/mti-malta/malta-memory.c
index 1f73d63e92a765d3ab1d829244a19e57dab8bd8e..cd0400802eb12b4aa7e2284d5d36bc0a781f0f54 100644
--- a/arch/mips/mti-malta/malta-memory.c
+++ b/arch/mips/mti-malta/malta-memory.c
@@ -24,22 +24,30 @@ static fw_memblock_t mdesc[FW_MAX_MEMBLOCKS];
 /* determined physical memory size, not overridden by command line args	 */
 unsigned long physical_memsize = 0L;
 
-fw_memblock_t * __init fw_getmdesc(void)
+fw_memblock_t * __init fw_getmdesc(int eva)
 {
-	char *memsize_str, *ptr;
-	unsigned int memsize;
+	char *memsize_str, *ememsize_str __maybe_unused = NULL, *ptr;
+	unsigned long memsize, ememsize __maybe_unused = 0;
 	static char cmdline[COMMAND_LINE_SIZE] __initdata;
-	long val;
 	int tmp;
 
 	/* otherwise look in the environment */
+
 	memsize_str = fw_getenv("memsize");
-	if (!memsize_str) {
+	if (memsize_str)
+		tmp = kstrtol(memsize_str, 0, &memsize);
+	if (eva) {
+	/* Look for ememsize for EVA */
+		ememsize_str = fw_getenv("ememsize");
+		if (ememsize_str)
+			tmp = kstrtol(ememsize_str, 0, &ememsize);
+	}
+	if (!memsize && !ememsize) {
 		pr_warn("memsize not set in YAMON, set to default (32Mb)\n");
 		physical_memsize = 0x02000000;
 	} else {
-		tmp = kstrtol(memsize_str, 0, &val);
-		physical_memsize = (unsigned long)val;
+		/* If ememsize is set, then set physical_memsize to that */
+		physical_memsize = ememsize ? : memsize;
 	}
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_CPU_BIG_ENDIAN
@@ -54,12 +62,22 @@ fw_memblock_t * __init fw_getmdesc(void)
 	ptr = strstr(cmdline, "memsize=");
 	if (ptr && (ptr != cmdline) && (*(ptr - 1) != ' '))
 		ptr = strstr(ptr, " memsize=");
+	/* And now look for ememsize */
+	if (eva) {
+		ptr = strstr(cmdline, "ememsize=");
+		if (ptr && (ptr != cmdline) && (*(ptr - 1) != ' '))
+			ptr = strstr(ptr, " ememsize=");
+	}
 
 	if (ptr)
-		memsize = memparse(ptr + 8, &ptr);
+		memsize = memparse(ptr + 8 + (eva ? 1 : 0), &ptr);
 	else
 		memsize = physical_memsize;
 
+	/* Last 64K for HIGHMEM arithmetics */
+	if (memsize > 0x7fff0000)
+		memsize = 0x7fff0000;
+
 	memset(mdesc, 0, sizeof(mdesc));
 
 	mdesc[0].type = fw_dontuse;
@@ -109,7 +127,7 @@ void __init fw_meminit(void)
 {
 	fw_memblock_t *p;
 
-	p = fw_getmdesc();
+	p = fw_getmdesc(config_enabled(CONFIG_EVA));
 
 	while (p->size) {
 		long type;