if (*(szlength) != '+') {
                devlength = simple_strtoul(szlength, &buffer, 0);
                devlength = handle_unit(devlength, buffer) - devstart;
+               if (devlength < devstart)
+                       goto err_out;
+
+               devlength -= devstart;
        } else {
                devlength = simple_strtoul(szlength + 1, &buffer, 0);
                devlength = handle_unit(devlength, buffer);
        }
        T("slram: devname=%s, devstart=0x%lx, devlength=0x%lx\n",
                        devname, devstart, devlength);
-       if ((devstart < 0) || (devlength < 0) || (devlength % SLRAM_BLK_SZ != 0)) {
-               E("slram: Illegal start / length parameter.\n");
-               return(-EINVAL);
-       }
+       if (devlength % SLRAM_BLK_SZ != 0)
+               goto err_out;
 
        if ((devstart = register_device(devname, devstart, devlength))){
                unregister_devices();
                return((int)devstart);
        }
        return(0);
+
+err_out:
+       E("slram: Illegal length parameter.\n");
+       return(-EINVAL);
 }
 
 #ifndef MODULE