diff --git a/src/include/lib.h b/src/include/lib.h
index 5c6eef2a70..359626c964 100644
--- a/src/include/lib.h
+++ b/src/include/lib.h
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ size_t ulzman(const void *src, size_t srcn, void *dst, size_t dstn);
 
 /* Defined in src/lib/ramtest.c */
 /* Assumption is 32-bit addressable UC memory. */
-void ram_check(unsigned long start, unsigned long stop);
-int ram_check_nodie(unsigned long start, unsigned long stop);
-int ram_check_noprint_nodie(unsigned long start, unsigned long stop);
+void ram_check(uintptr_t start);
+int ram_check_nodie(uintptr_t start);
+int ram_check_noprint_nodie(uintptr_t start);
 void quick_ram_check_or_die(uintptr_t dst);
 
 /* Defined in primitive_memtest.c */
diff --git a/src/lib/ramtest.c b/src/lib/ramtest.c
index c6cd7a4a1d..224393f6f0 100644
--- a/src/lib/ramtest.c
+++ b/src/lib/ramtest.c
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ static inline void test_pattern(unsigned short int idx,
  *
  * @param start   System memory offset, aligned to 128bytes
  */
-static int ram_bitset_nodie(unsigned long start)
+static int ram_bitset_nodie(uintptr_t start)
 {
 	unsigned long addr, value, value2;
 	unsigned short int idx;
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ static int ram_bitset_nodie(unsigned long start)
 }
 
 
-void ram_check(unsigned long start, unsigned long stop)
+void ram_check(uintptr_t start)
 {
 	/*
 	 * This is much more of a "Is my DRAM properly configured?"
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ void ram_check(unsigned long start, unsigned long stop)
 }
 
 
-int ram_check_nodie(unsigned long start, unsigned long stop)
+int ram_check_nodie(uintptr_t start)
 {
 	int ret;
 	/*
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ int ram_check_nodie(unsigned long start, unsigned long stop)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-int ram_check_noprint_nodie(unsigned long start, unsigned long stop)
+int ram_check_noprint_nodie(uintptr_t start)
 {
 	unsigned long addr, value, value2;
 	unsigned short int idx;
diff --git a/src/northbridge/intel/ironlake/raminit.c b/src/northbridge/intel/ironlake/raminit.c
index beb22445fe..a49bd0875f 100644
--- a/src/northbridge/intel/ironlake/raminit.c
+++ b/src/northbridge/intel/ironlake/raminit.c
@@ -4708,7 +4708,7 @@ void raminit(const int s3resume, const u8 *spd_addrmap)
 	if (s3resume && cbmem_wasnot_inited) {
 		u32 reg32;
 		printk(BIOS_ERR, "Failed S3 resume.\n");
-		ram_check(0x100000, 0x200000);
+		ram_check_nodie(1 * MiB);
 
 		/* Clear SLP_TYPE.  */
 		reg32 = inl(DEFAULT_PMBASE + 0x04);