diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-bcmring/dma.c b/arch/arm/mach-bcmring/dma.c
index b52b8de91bde..8751582a6cb1 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-bcmring/dma.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-bcmring/dma.c
@@ -1614,7 +1614,7 @@ DMA_MemType_t dma_mem_type(void *addr)
 {
 	unsigned long addrVal = (unsigned long)addr;
 
-	if (addrVal >= VMALLOC_END) {
+	if (addrVal >= CONSISTENT_BASE) {
 		/* NOTE: DMA virtual memory space starts at 0xFFxxxxxx */
 
 		/* dma_alloc_xxx pages are physically and virtually contiguous */