diff --git a/src/northbridge/intel/sandybridge/raminit.c b/src/northbridge/intel/sandybridge/raminit.c
index 151a7ec..8a287c1 100644
--- a/src/northbridge/intel/sandybridge/raminit.c
+++ b/src/northbridge/intel/sandybridge/raminit.c
@@ -2334,17 +2334,7 @@
 	}
 	FOR_ALL_LANES {
 		struct run rn = get_longest_zero_run(statistics[lane], 128);
-		if (rn.start < rn.middle) {
-			ctrl->timings[channel][slotrank].lanes[lane].timB = rn.start;
-		} else {
-			/* In this case statistics[lane][7f] and statistics[lane][0] are
-			 * both zero.
-			 * Prefer a smaller value over rn.start to prevent failures in
-			 * the following write tests.
-			 */
-			ctrl->timings[channel][slotrank].lanes[lane].timB = 0;
-		}
-
+		ctrl->timings[channel][slotrank].lanes[lane].timB = rn.start;
 		if (rn.all)
 			die("timB discovery failed");
 		printram("Bval: %d, %d, %d, %x\n", channel, slotrank,