diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/mach/arch.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/mach/arch.h
index 060a75e99263..0406cb3f1af7 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/mach/arch.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/mach/arch.h
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ struct machine_desc {
 	struct smp_operations	*smp;		/* SMP operations	*/
 	bool			(*smp_init)(void);
 	void			(*fixup)(struct tag *, char **);
+	void			(*dt_fixup)(void);
 	void			(*init_meminfo)(void);
 	void			(*reserve)(void);/* reserve mem blocks	*/
 	void			(*map_io)(void);/* IO mapping function	*/
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/devtree.c b/arch/arm/kernel/devtree.c
index e94a157ddff1..11c54de9f8cf 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/devtree.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/devtree.c
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ const struct machine_desc * __init setup_machine_fdt(unsigned int dt_phys)
 	mdesc_best = &__mach_desc_GENERIC_DT;
 #endif
 
-	if (!dt_phys || !early_init_dt_scan(phys_to_virt(dt_phys)))
+	if (!dt_phys || !early_init_dt_verify(phys_to_virt(dt_phys)))
 		return NULL;
 
 	mdesc = of_flat_dt_match_machine(mdesc_best, arch_get_next_mach);
@@ -237,6 +237,12 @@ const struct machine_desc * __init setup_machine_fdt(unsigned int dt_phys)
 		dump_machine_table(); /* does not return */
 	}
 
+	/* We really don't want to do this, but sometimes firmware provides buggy data */
+	if (mdesc->dt_fixup)
+		mdesc->dt_fixup();
+
+	early_init_dt_scan_nodes();
+
 	/* Change machine number to match the mdesc we're using */
 	__machine_arch_type = mdesc->nr;
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-exynos/exynos.c b/arch/arm/mach-exynos/exynos.c
index 46d893fcbe85..66c9b9614f3c 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-exynos/exynos.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-exynos/exynos.c
@@ -335,6 +335,15 @@ static void __init exynos_reserve(void)
 #endif
 }
 
+static void __init exynos_dt_fixup(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * Some versions of uboot pass garbage entries in the memory node,
+	 * use the old CONFIG_ARM_NR_BANKS
+	 */
+	of_fdt_limit_memory(8);
+}
+
 DT_MACHINE_START(EXYNOS_DT, "SAMSUNG EXYNOS (Flattened Device Tree)")
 	/* Maintainer: Thomas Abraham <thomas.abraham@linaro.org> */
 	/* Maintainer: Kukjin Kim <kgene.kim@samsung.com> */
@@ -348,4 +357,5 @@ DT_MACHINE_START(EXYNOS_DT, "SAMSUNG EXYNOS (Flattened Device Tree)")
 	.dt_compat	= exynos_dt_compat,
 	.restart	= exynos_restart,
 	.reserve	= exynos_reserve,
+	.dt_fixup	= exynos_dt_fixup,
 MACHINE_END