diff --git a/grub-core/loader/efi/fdt.c b/grub-core/loader/efi/fdt.c
index c0c6800f7..a4c6e8036 100644
--- a/grub-core/loader/efi/fdt.c
+++ b/grub-core/loader/efi/fdt.c
@@ -29,6 +29,12 @@
 static void *loaded_fdt;
 static void *fdt;
 
+#define FDT_ADDR_CELLS_STRING "#address-cells"
+#define FDT_SIZE_CELLS_STRING "#size-cells"
+#define FDT_ADDR_SIZE_EXTRA ((2 * grub_fdt_prop_entry_size (sizeof(grub_uint32_t))) + \
+                             sizeof (FDT_ADDR_CELLS_STRING) + \
+                             sizeof (FDT_SIZE_CELLS_STRING))
+
 void *
 grub_fdt_load (grub_size_t additional_size)
 {
@@ -46,8 +52,11 @@ grub_fdt_load (grub_size_t additional_size)
   else
     raw_fdt = grub_efi_get_firmware_fdt();
 
-  size =
-    raw_fdt ? grub_fdt_get_totalsize (raw_fdt) : GRUB_FDT_EMPTY_TREE_SZ;
+  if (raw_fdt)
+      size = grub_fdt_get_totalsize (raw_fdt);
+  else
+      size = GRUB_FDT_EMPTY_TREE_SZ + FDT_ADDR_SIZE_EXTRA;
+
   size += additional_size;
 
   grub_dprintf ("linux", "allocating %d bytes for fdt\n", size);
@@ -63,6 +72,8 @@ grub_fdt_load (grub_size_t additional_size)
   else
     {
       grub_fdt_create_empty_tree (fdt, size);
+      grub_fdt_set_prop32 (fdt, 0, FDT_ADDR_CELLS_STRING, 2);
+      grub_fdt_set_prop32 (fdt, 0, FDT_SIZE_CELLS_STRING, 2);
     }
   return fdt;
 }