diff --git a/src/arch/x86/boot/cbmem.c b/src/arch/x86/boot/cbmem.c
index 01520187f9..c2d9a2ed87 100644
--- a/src/arch/x86/boot/cbmem.c
+++ b/src/arch/x86/boot/cbmem.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA, 02110-1301 USA
  */
 
+#include <stdlib.h>
 #include <console/console.h>
 #include <cbmem.h>
 #include <arch/acpi.h>
diff --git a/src/include/cbmem.h b/src/include/cbmem.h
index 746f40cbcf..5f1ac3c581 100644
--- a/src/include/cbmem.h
+++ b/src/include/cbmem.h
@@ -21,13 +21,6 @@
 #ifndef _CBMEM_H_
 #define _CBMEM_H_
 
-/* Reserve 128k for ACPI and other tables */
-#if CONFIG_CONSOLE_CBMEM
-#define HIGH_MEMORY_DEF_SIZE	( 256 * 1024 )
-#else
-#define HIGH_MEMORY_DEF_SIZE	( 128 * 1024 )
-#endif
-
 #if CONFIG_HAVE_ACPI_RESUME
 #if CONFIG_RELOCATABLE_RAMSTAGE
 #define HIGH_MEMORY_SAVE	0
@@ -35,16 +28,11 @@
 #define HIGH_MEMORY_SAVE	(CONFIG_RAMTOP - CONFIG_RAMBASE)
 #endif
 
-#define HIGH_MEMORY_SIZE	(HIGH_MEMORY_SAVE + CONFIG_HIGH_SCRATCH_MEMORY_SIZE + HIGH_MEMORY_DEF_SIZE)
-
 /* Delegation of resume backup memory so we don't have to
  * (slowly) handle backing up OS memory in romstage.c
  */
 #define CBMEM_BOOT_MODE		0x610
 #define CBMEM_RESUME_BACKUP	0x614
-
-#else /* CONFIG_HAVE_ACPI_RESUME */
-#define HIGH_MEMORY_SIZE	HIGH_MEMORY_DEF_SIZE
 #endif /* CONFIG_HAVE_ACPI_RESUME */
 
 #define CBMEM_ID_FREESPACE	0x46524545
@@ -130,6 +118,24 @@ u64 cbmem_entry_size(const struct cbmem_entry *entry);
 
 #else /* !CONFIG_DYNAMIC_CBMEM */
 
+/* Allocation with static CBMEM is resolved at build time. We start
+ * with 128kB and conditionally add some of the most greedy CBMEM
+ * table entries.
+ */
+#define _CBMEM_SZ_MINIMAL	( 128 * 1024 )
+
+#if CONFIG_HAVE_ACPI_RESUME
+#define _CBMEM_SZ_RESUME	(HIGH_MEMORY_SAVE + CONFIG_HIGH_SCRATCH_MEMORY_SIZE)
+#else
+#define _CBMEM_SZ_RESUME	0
+#endif
+
+#define _CBMEM_SZ_TOTAL	\
+	(_CBMEM_SZ_MINIMAL + _CBMEM_SZ_RESUME + CONFIG_CONSOLE_CBMEM_BUFFER_SIZE)
+
+#define HIGH_MEMORY_SIZE	ALIGN_UP(_CBMEM_SZ_TOTAL, 0x10000)
+
+
 #ifndef __PRE_RAM__
 void set_top_of_ram(uint64_t ramtop);
 void backup_top_of_ram(uint64_t ramtop);
diff --git a/src/lib/cbmem.c b/src/lib/cbmem.c
index 6b0cbc8948..6cdf7721c9 100644
--- a/src/lib/cbmem.c
+++ b/src/lib/cbmem.c
@@ -104,13 +104,12 @@ static void cbmem_init(void)
 	cbmem_locate_table(&baseaddr, &size);
 	cbmem_trace_location(baseaddr, size, __FUNCTION__);
 
-	cbmem_toc = (struct cbmem_entry *)(unsigned long)baseaddr;
-
-	if (size < (64 * 1024)) {
-		printk(BIOS_DEBUG, "Increase CBMEM size!\n");
-		for (;;) ;
+	if (!(baseaddr && size)) {
+		printk(BIOS_CRIT, "Unable to set location for CBMEM.\n");
+		return;
 	}
 
+	cbmem_toc = (struct cbmem_entry *)(unsigned long)baseaddr;
 	memset(cbmem_toc, 0, CBMEM_TOC_RESERVED);
 
 	cbmem_toc[0] = (struct cbmem_entry) {