diff --git a/core/definitions.mk b/core/definitions.mk
index 6fd4b99..f0de65e 100644
--- a/core/definitions.mk
+++ b/core/definitions.mk
@@ -1833,8 +1833,10 @@
 # spare area for each page).
 # $(1): the partition data size
 define image-size-from-data-size
-$(shell echo $$(($(1) / $(BOARD_NAND_PAGE_SIZE) * \
-  ($(BOARD_NAND_PAGE_SIZE)+$(BOARD_NAND_SPARE_SIZE)))))
+$(strip $(eval _isfds_value := $$(shell echo $$$$(($(1) / $(BOARD_NAND_PAGE_SIZE) * \
+  ($(BOARD_NAND_PAGE_SIZE)+$(BOARD_NAND_SPARE_SIZE))))))\
+$(if $(filter 0, $(_isfds_value)),$(shell echo $$(($(BOARD_NAND_PAGE_SIZE)+$(BOARD_NAND_SPARE_SIZE)))),$(_isfds_value))\
+$(eval _isfds_value :=))
 endef
 
 # $(1): The file(s) to check (often $@)