diff --git a/arch/avr32/lib/dram_init.c b/arch/avr32/lib/dram_init.c
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 Andreas Bießmann <andreas.devel@googlemail.com>
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier:	GPL-2.0+
+ */
+#include <common.h>
+
+DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
+
+int dram_init(void)
+{
+	/* check for the maximum amount of memory possible on AP7000 devices */
+	gd->ram_size = get_ram_size(
+		(void *)CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE,
+		(256<<20));
+	return 0;
+}