diff --git a/arch/arc/boot/dts/axc001.dtsi b/arch/arc/boot/dts/axc001.dtsi
index a5e2726a067e6dffde2a552956ee82a7adaf88e1..420dcfde289fe8fe3e99193df1876d399b0dce04 100644
--- a/arch/arc/boot/dts/axc001.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arc/boot/dts/axc001.dtsi
@@ -95,6 +95,6 @@
 		#size-cells = <1>;
 		ranges = <0x00000000 0x80000000 0x40000000>;
 		device_type = "memory";
-		reg = <0x00000000 0x20000000>;	/* 512MiB */
+		reg = <0x80000000 0x20000000>;	/* 512MiB */
 	};
 };
diff --git a/arch/arc/boot/dts/axc003.dtsi b/arch/arc/boot/dts/axc003.dtsi
index 846481f37eef08bd8911859009fddf390974b193..f90fadf7f94e5e51f551d9e914aaad728aa5bc84 100644
--- a/arch/arc/boot/dts/axc003.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arc/boot/dts/axc003.dtsi
@@ -98,6 +98,6 @@
 		#size-cells = <1>;
 		ranges = <0x00000000 0x80000000 0x40000000>;
 		device_type = "memory";
-		reg = <0x00000000 0x20000000>;	/* 512MiB */
+		reg = <0x80000000 0x20000000>;	/* 512MiB */
 	};
 };
diff --git a/arch/arc/boot/dts/axc003_idu.dtsi b/arch/arc/boot/dts/axc003_idu.dtsi
index 2f0b33257db2e2ecf4749bee0d2f5ed3260dc3a3..06a9f294a2e600a4aa7f8f7b18316ceb60d87ef0 100644
--- a/arch/arc/boot/dts/axc003_idu.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arc/boot/dts/axc003_idu.dtsi
@@ -121,6 +121,6 @@
 		#size-cells = <1>;
 		ranges = <0x00000000 0x80000000 0x40000000>;
 		device_type = "memory";
-		reg = <0x00000000 0x20000000>;	/* 512MiB */
+		reg = <0x80000000 0x20000000>;	/* 512MiB */
 	};
 };
diff --git a/arch/arc/boot/dts/skeleton.dtsi b/arch/arc/boot/dts/skeleton.dtsi
index a870bdd5e404ca386bb2d8d5efd6b454677f0eae..296d371a335c8374b98efba984d95b705b3f343b 100644
--- a/arch/arc/boot/dts/skeleton.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arc/boot/dts/skeleton.dtsi
@@ -32,6 +32,6 @@
 
 	memory {
 		device_type = "memory";
-		reg = <0x00000000 0x10000000>;	/* 256M */
+		reg = <0x80000000 0x10000000>;	/* 256M */
 	};
 };
diff --git a/arch/arc/boot/dts/vdk_axc003.dtsi b/arch/arc/boot/dts/vdk_axc003.dtsi
index 9393fd902f0d401a475db4f97646ee95e36220bb..84226bd48baf070a2ab5bea8cc0741ebee1251e9 100644
--- a/arch/arc/boot/dts/vdk_axc003.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arc/boot/dts/vdk_axc003.dtsi
@@ -56,6 +56,6 @@
 		#size-cells = <1>;
 		ranges = <0x00000000 0x80000000 0x40000000>;
 		device_type = "memory";
-		reg = <0x00000000 0x20000000>;	/* 512MiB */
+		reg = <0x80000000 0x20000000>;	/* 512MiB */
 	};
 };
diff --git a/arch/arc/boot/dts/vdk_axc003_idu.dtsi b/arch/arc/boot/dts/vdk_axc003_idu.dtsi
index 9bee8ed09eb03cd3e73997c5358d0791634c5add..31f0fb5fc91dec885a598a1769f7e167cbd8a780 100644
--- a/arch/arc/boot/dts/vdk_axc003_idu.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arc/boot/dts/vdk_axc003_idu.dtsi
@@ -71,6 +71,6 @@
 		#size-cells = <1>;
 		ranges = <0x00000000 0x80000000 0x40000000>;
 		device_type = "memory";
-		reg = <0x00000000 0x20000000>;	/* 512MiB */
+		reg = <0x80000000 0x20000000>;	/* 512MiB */
 	};
 };
diff --git a/arch/arc/mm/init.c b/arch/arc/mm/init.c
index d44eedd8c3220e6923b26ea8d10fc6f0f84005f3..5121b9b16ba855c8d0bd2dc3bb7e7106fbac35bb 100644
--- a/arch/arc/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/arc/mm/init.c
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ void __init early_init_dt_add_memory_arch(u64 base, u64 size)
 {
 	arc_mem_sz = size & PAGE_MASK;
 	pr_info("Memory size set via devicetree %ldM\n", TO_MB(arc_mem_sz));
+
+	BUG_ON(base != CONFIG_LINUX_LINK_BASE);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD