diff --git a/README b/README
index eba6378536..89646725a0 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -3665,6 +3665,14 @@ List of environment variables (most likely not complete):
 
   fdt_high	- if set this restricts the maximum address that the
 		  flattened device tree will be copied into upon boot.
+		  For example, if you have a system with 1 GB memory
+		  at physical address 0x10000000, while Linux kernel
+		  only recognizes the first 704 MB as low memory, you
+		  may need to set fdt_high as 0x3C000000 to have the
+		  device tree blob be copied to the maximum address
+		  of the 704 MB low memory, so that Linux kernel can
+		  access it during the boot procedure.
+
 		  If this is set to the special value 0xFFFFFFFF then
 		  the fdt will not be copied at all on boot.  For this
 		  to work it must reside in writable memory, have
diff --git a/common/image.c b/common/image.c
index 202c8a1ca8..fbdc40a4b2 100644
--- a/common/image.c
+++ b/common/image.c
@@ -1289,16 +1289,14 @@ int boot_relocate_fdt(struct lmb *lmb, char **of_flat_tree, ulong *of_size)
 
 		if (((ulong) desired_addr) == ~0UL) {
 			/* All ones means use fdt in place */
-			desired_addr = fdt_blob;
+			of_start = fdt_blob;
+			lmb_reserve(lmb, (ulong)of_start, of_len);
 			disable_relocation = 1;
-		}
-		if (desired_addr) {
+		} else if (desired_addr) {
 			of_start =
 			    (void *)(ulong) lmb_alloc_base(lmb, of_len, 0x1000,
-							   ((ulong)
-							    desired_addr)
-							   + of_len);
-			if (desired_addr && of_start != desired_addr) {
+							   (ulong)desired_addr);
+			if (of_start == 0) {
 				puts("Failed using fdt_high value for Device Tree");
 				goto error;
 			}