diff --git a/arch/x86/cpu/qemu/e820.c b/arch/x86/cpu/qemu/e820.c
index 0a690fde68..7b3bc7db5e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/cpu/qemu/e820.c
+++ b/arch/x86/cpu/qemu/e820.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <common.h>
+#include <environment.h>
 #include <asm/e820.h>
 
 DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
diff --git a/include/common.h b/include/common.h
index 70f40daa9e..34ae514805 100644
--- a/include/common.h
+++ b/include/common.h
@@ -45,16 +45,6 @@ typedef void (interrupt_handler_t)(void *);
 #include <asm/u-boot.h> /* boot information for Linux kernel */
 #include <asm/global_data.h>	/* global data used for startup functions */
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_ENV_IS_EMBEDDED)
-#define TOTAL_MALLOC_LEN	CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN
-#elif ( ((CONFIG_ENV_ADDR+CONFIG_ENV_SIZE) < CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_BASE) || \
-	(CONFIG_ENV_ADDR >= (CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_BASE + CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_LEN)) ) || \
-      defined(CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_NVRAM)
-#define	TOTAL_MALLOC_LEN	(CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN + CONFIG_ENV_SIZE)
-#else
-#define	TOTAL_MALLOC_LEN	CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN
-#endif
-
 /* startup functions, used in:
  * common/board_f.c
  * common/init/board_init.c
diff --git a/include/environment.h b/include/environment.h
index 70ee0fdb19..cc8c0546c2 100644
--- a/include/environment.h
+++ b/include/environment.h
@@ -141,6 +141,20 @@ extern unsigned long nand_env_oob_offset;
 
 #define ENV_SIZE (CONFIG_ENV_SIZE - ENV_HEADER_SIZE)
 
+/*
+ * If the environment is in RAM, allocate extra space for it in the malloc
+ * region.
+ */
+#if defined(CONFIG_ENV_IS_EMBEDDED)
+#define TOTAL_MALLOC_LEN	CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN
+#elif (CONFIG_ENV_ADDR + CONFIG_ENV_SIZE < CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_BASE) || \
+      (CONFIG_ENV_ADDR >= CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_BASE + CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_LEN) || \
+      defined(CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_NVRAM)
+#define	TOTAL_MALLOC_LEN	(CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN + CONFIG_ENV_SIZE)
+#else
+#define	TOTAL_MALLOC_LEN	CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN
+#endif
+
 typedef struct environment_s {
 	uint32_t	crc;		/* CRC32 over data bytes	*/
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYS_REDUNDAND_ENVIRONMENT