diff --git a/board/emulation/qemu-arm/qemu-arm.c b/board/emulation/qemu-arm/qemu-arm.c
index 942f1ff..ecfd19f 100644
--- a/board/emulation/qemu-arm/qemu-arm.c
+++ b/board/emulation/qemu-arm/qemu-arm.c
@@ -127,6 +127,18 @@
 	if (fdtdec_setup_mem_size_base() != 0)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	/*
+	 * When LPAE is enabled (ARMv7),
+	 * 1:1 mapping is created using 2 MB blocks.
+	 *
+	 * In case amount of memory provided to QEMU
+	 * is not multiple of 2 MB, round down the amount
+	 * of available memory to avoid hang during MMU
+	 * initialization.
+	 */
+	if (CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(ARMV7_LPAE))
+		gd->ram_size -= (gd->ram_size % 0x200000);
+
 	return 0;
 }