diff --git a/common/cmd_log.c b/common/cmd_log.c
index 8e04941d610..b9f9ba03428 100644
--- a/common/cmd_log.c
+++ b/common/cmd_log.c
@@ -66,12 +66,6 @@ static logbuff_t *log;
 #endif
 static char *lbuf;
 
-unsigned long __logbuffer_base(void)
-{
-	return CFG_SDRAM_BASE + gd->bd->bi_memsize - LOGBUFF_LEN;
-}
-unsigned long logbuffer_base (void) __attribute__((weak, alias("__logbuffer_base")));
-
 void logbuff_init_ptrs (void)
 {
 	unsigned long tag, post_word;
@@ -81,7 +75,7 @@ void logbuff_init_ptrs (void)
 	log = (logbuff_t *)CONFIG_ALT_LH_ADDR;
 	lbuf = (char *)CONFIG_ALT_LB_ADDR;
 #else
-	log = (logbuff_t *)(logbuffer_base ()) - 1;
+	log = (logbuff_t *)(gd->bd->bi_memsize-LOGBUFF_LEN) - 1;
 	lbuf = (char *)log->buf;
 #endif
 
diff --git a/common/image.c b/common/image.c
index 9e9e02342dc..67e594df693 100644
--- a/common/image.c
+++ b/common/image.c
@@ -35,10 +35,6 @@
 #include <dataflash.h>
 #endif
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_LOGBUFFER
-#include <logbuff.h>
-#endif
-
 #if defined(CONFIG_TIMESTAMP) || defined(CONFIG_CMD_DATE)
 #include <rtc.h>
 #endif
@@ -1017,9 +1013,6 @@ int boot_ramdisk_high (struct lmb *lmb, ulong rd_data, ulong rd_len,
 		initrd_high = ~0;
 	}
 
-	/* Prevent initrd from overwriting logbuffer */
-	lmb_reserve(lmb, logbuffer_base() - LOGBUFF_OVERHEAD, LOGBUFF_RESERVE);
-
 	debug ("## initrd_high = 0x%08lx, copy_to_ram = %d\n",
 			initrd_high, initrd_copy_to_ram);
 
diff --git a/include/logbuff.h b/include/logbuff.h
index f117c66e37f..d4157290538 100644
--- a/include/logbuff.h
+++ b/include/logbuff.h
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ int drv_logbuff_init (void);
 void logbuff_init_ptrs (void);
 void logbuff_log(char *msg);
 void logbuff_reset (void);
-unsigned long logbuffer_base (void);
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_LOGBUFFER */
 
diff --git a/lib_ppc/board.c b/lib_ppc/board.c
index bc49ea1284b..4956403cce8 100644
--- a/lib_ppc/board.c
+++ b/lib_ppc/board.c
@@ -398,11 +398,6 @@ ulong get_effective_memsize(void)
  ************************************************************************
  */
 
-unsigned long logbuffer_base(void)
-{
-	return CFG_SDRAM_BASE + get_effective_memsize() - LOGBUFF_LEN;
-}
-
 void board_init_f (ulong bootflag)
 {
 	bd_t *bd;