diff --git a/common/cmd_bootm.c b/common/cmd_bootm.c
index 0db7b75..374085c 100644
--- a/common/cmd_bootm.c
+++ b/common/cmd_bootm.c
@@ -361,7 +361,8 @@
 	ulong		load_end = 0;
 	int		ret;
 
-	bootm_start(cmdtp, flag, argc, argv);
+	if (bootm_start(cmdtp, flag, argc, argv))
+		return 1;
 
 	/*
 	 * We have reached the point of no return: we are going to