diff --git a/plat/qemu/common/qemu_bl2_mem_params_desc.c b/plat/qemu/common/qemu_bl2_mem_params_desc.c
index a01f2dc91..f8b9066df 100644
--- a/plat/qemu/common/qemu_bl2_mem_params_desc.c
+++ b/plat/qemu/common/qemu_bl2_mem_params_desc.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2017, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2017-2019, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  */
@@ -139,8 +139,7 @@ static bl_mem_params_node_t bl2_mem_params_descs[] = {
 	  SET_STATIC_PARAM_HEAD(image_info, PARAM_EP, VERSION_2, image_info_t,
 				0),
 	  .image_info.image_base = NS_IMAGE_OFFSET,
-	  .image_info.image_max_size = NS_DRAM0_BASE + NS_DRAM0_SIZE -
-				       NS_IMAGE_OFFSET,
+	  .image_info.image_max_size = NS_IMAGE_MAX_SIZE,
 # endif /* !PRELOADED_BL33_BASE */
 
 	  .next_handoff_image_id = INVALID_IMAGE_ID,
diff --git a/plat/qemu/qemu/include/platform_def.h b/plat/qemu/qemu/include/platform_def.h
index d7f77cc78..a90573712 100644
--- a/plat/qemu/qemu/include/platform_def.h
+++ b/plat/qemu/qemu/include/platform_def.h
@@ -165,7 +165,8 @@
 # error "Unsupported BL32_RAM_LOCATION_ID value"
 #endif
 
-#define NS_IMAGE_OFFSET			0x60000000
+#define NS_IMAGE_OFFSET			(NS_DRAM0_BASE + 0x20000000)
+#define NS_IMAGE_MAX_SIZE		(NS_DRAM0_SIZE - 0x20000000)
 
 #define PLAT_PHY_ADDR_SPACE_SIZE	(1ULL << 32)
 #define PLAT_VIRT_ADDR_SPACE_SIZE	(1ULL << 32)