diff --git a/drivers/ddr/altera/sdram.c b/drivers/ddr/altera/sdram.c
index 1ed2883d1b8460795117a1d21ff0a3e2188f906f..299694217279b1cc9aa51ec3947f7e3c10867ae9 100644
--- a/drivers/ddr/altera/sdram.c
+++ b/drivers/ddr/altera/sdram.c
@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@ static void sdram_dump_protection_config(void)
 	      readl(&sdr_ctrl->protport_default));
 
 	for (rules = 0; rules < 20; rules++) {
+		rule.rule = rules;
 		sdram_get_rule(&rule);
 		debug("Rule %d, rules ...\n", rules);
 		debug("    sdram start %x\n", rule.sdram_start);