diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9a27bc2..94cda54 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -219,6 +219,7 @@ LIBS += $(shell if [ -d post/cpu/$(CPU) ]; then echo \
 LIBS += $(shell if [ -d post/board/$(BOARDDIR) ]; then echo \
 	"post/board/$(BOARDDIR)/libpost$(BOARD).a"; fi)
 LIBS += common/libcommon.a
+LIBS += libfdt/libfdt.a
 LIBS += $(BOARDLIBS)
 
 LIBS := $(addprefix $(obj),$(LIBS))
diff --git a/board/mpc8360emds/config.mk b/board/mpc8360emds/config.mk
index 5801a5f..9ace886 100644
--- a/board/mpc8360emds/config.mk
+++ b/board/mpc8360emds/config.mk
@@ -26,8 +26,3 @@
 #
 
 TEXT_BASE = 0xFE000000
-
-#
-# Additional board-specific libraries
-#
-BOARDLIBS = libfdt/libfdt.a
diff --git a/common/fdt_support.c b/common/fdt_support.c
index 91b729f..69099c4 100644
--- a/common/fdt_support.c
+++ b/common/fdt_support.c
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ int fdt_chosen(void *fdt, ulong initrd_start, ulong initrd_end, int force)
 	}
 
 	if (initrd_start && initrd_end) {
-		struct fdt_reserve_entry *re;
+		struct fdt_reserve_entry re;
 		int  used;
 		int  total;
 		int  j;
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ int fdt_chosen(void *fdt, ulong initrd_start, ulong initrd_end, int force)
 		 */
 		for (j = 0; j < used; j++) {
 			err = fdt_get_reservemap(fdt, j, &re);
-			if (re->address == initrd_start) {
+			if (re.address == initrd_start) {
 				break;
 			}
 		}