diff --git a/common/cmd_bootm.c b/common/cmd_bootm.c
index 0db7b75bac5bdab908f1264261079d92db1529ad..374085ca38f24d7016c81ebadbae9c21be01f934 100644
--- a/common/cmd_bootm.c
+++ b/common/cmd_bootm.c
@@ -361,7 +361,8 @@ int do_bootm (cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char *argv[])
 	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
diff --git a/common/image.c b/common/image.c
index 55c4ccec8bc0fa4b7422d72e50148b00322d901c..0acdcf132a6dcd4702e93a7cd5e918363877239b 100644
--- a/common/image.c
+++ b/common/image.c
@@ -1516,7 +1516,7 @@ int boot_get_fdt (int flag, int argc, char *argv[], bootm_headers_t *images,
 			}
 			break;
 		default:
-			fdt_error ("Did not find a cmdline Flattened Device Tree");
+			puts ("ERROR: Did not find a cmdline Flattened Device Tree\n");
 			goto error;
 		}