diff --git a/src/npdmtool.c b/src/npdmtool.c
index 28314cb..dfe3e1a 100644
--- a/src/npdmtool.c
+++ b/src/npdmtool.c
@@ -362,12 +362,10 @@ int CreateNpdm(const char *json, void **dst, u32 *dst_size) {
     }
     header.MmuFlags |= is_64_bit;
 
-    int disable_device_address_space_merge;
-    if (!cJSON_GetBoolean(npdm_json, "disable_device_address_space_merge", &disable_device_address_space_merge)) {
-        status = 0;
-        goto NPDM_BUILD_END;
+    int disable_device_address_space_merge; // optional
+    if (cJSON_GetBoolean(npdm_json, "disable_device_address_space_merge", &disable_device_address_space_merge)) {
+        header.MmuFlags |= ((disable_device_address_space_merge & 1) << 5);
     }
-    header.MmuFlags |= ((disable_device_address_space_merge & 1) << 5);
 
     /* ACID. */
     memset(acid->Signature, 0, sizeof(acid->Signature));