ulong   val;
        ulong   readback;
        int     rcode = 0;
+       int iterations = 1;
+       int iteration_limit;
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_SYS_ALT_MEMTEST)
        vu_long len;
        vu_long *dummy = 0;     /* yes, this is address 0x0, not NULL */
 #endif
        int     j;
-       int iterations = 1;
 
        static const ulong bitpattern[] = {
                0x00000001,     /* single bit */
        ulong   pattern;
 #endif
 
-       if (argc > 1) {
+       if (argc > 1)
                start = (ulong *)simple_strtoul(argv[1], NULL, 16);
-       } else {
+       else
                start = (ulong *)CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_START;
-       }
 
-       if (argc > 2) {
+       if (argc > 2)
                end = (ulong *)simple_strtoul(argv[2], NULL, 16);
-       } else {
+       else
                end = (ulong *)(CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_END);
-       }
 
-       if (argc > 3) {
+       if (argc > 3)
                pattern = (ulong)simple_strtoul(argv[3], NULL, 16);
-       } else {
+       else
                pattern = 0;
-       }
+
+       if (argc > 4)
+               iteration_limit = (ulong)simple_strtoul(argv[4], NULL, 16);
+       else
+               iteration_limit = 0;
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_SYS_ALT_MEMTEST)
        printf ("Testing %08x ... %08x:\n", (uint)start, (uint)end);
                        return 1;
                }
 
+
+               if (iteration_limit && iterations > iteration_limit) {
+                       printf("Tested %d iteration(s) without errors.\n",
+                               iterations-1);
+                       return 0;
+               }
+
                printf("Iteration: %6d\r", iterations);
-               PRINTF("Iteration: %6d\n", iterations);
+               PRINTF("\n");
                iterations++;
 
                /*
                        return 1;
                }
 
+               if (iteration_limit && iterations > iteration_limit) {
+                       printf("Tested %d iteration(s) without errors.\n",
+                               iterations-1);
+                       return 0;
+               }
+               ++iterations;
+
                printf ("\rPattern %08lX  Writing..."
                        "%12s"
                        "\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b",
 #endif /* CONFIG_LOOPW */
 
 U_BOOT_CMD(
-       mtest,  4,      1,      do_mem_mtest,
-       "mtest  - simple RAM test\n",
-       "[start [end [pattern]]]\n"
+       mtest,  5,      1,      do_mem_mtest,
+       "mtest   - simple RAM test\n",
+       "[start [end [pattern [iterations]]]]\n"
        "    - simple RAM read/write test\n"
 );