3 files changed, 44 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/arch/arm/lib/bootm.c b/arch/arm/lib/bootm.c
index 6f84cb309d..56e42bc588 100644
--- a/arch/arm/lib/bootm.c
+++ b/arch/arm/lib/bootm.c
@@ -26,12 +26,13 @@ static int __do_bootm_linux(struct image_data *data, int swap)
 {
 	unsigned long kernel;
 	unsigned long initrd_start = 0, initrd_size = 0, initrd_end = 0;
+	int ret;
 
 	kernel = data->os_res->start + data->os_entry;
 
 	initrd_start = data->initrd_address;
 
-	if (data->initrd_file && initrd_start == UIMAGE_INVALID_ADDRESS) {
+	if (initrd_start == UIMAGE_INVALID_ADDRESS) {
 		initrd_start = data->os_res->start + SZ_8M;
 
 		if (bootm_verbose(data)) {
@@ -40,16 +41,9 @@ static int __do_bootm_linux(struct image_data *data, int swap)
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (data->initrd) {
-		data->initrd_res = uimage_load_to_sdram(data->initrd,
-			data->initrd_num, initrd_start);
-		if (!data->initrd_res)
-			return -ENOMEM;
-	} else if (data->initrd_file) {
-		data->initrd_res = file_to_sdram(data->initrd_file, initrd_start);
-		if (!data->initrd_res)
-			return -ENOMEM;
-	}
+	ret = bootm_load_initrd(data, initrd_start);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
 
 	if (data->initrd_res) {
 		initrd_start = data->initrd_res->start;
diff --git a/common/bootm.c b/common/bootm.c
index 5ad10d9a02..9ccbe8fafd 100644
--- a/common/bootm.c
+++ b/common/bootm.c
@@ -85,6 +85,44 @@ int bootm_load_os(struct image_data *data, unsigned long load_address)
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
 
+/*
+ * bootm_load_initrd() - load initrd to RAM
+ *
+ * @data:		image data context
+ * @load_address:	The address where the initrd should be loaded to
+ *
+ * This loads the initrd to a RAM location. load_address must be a valid
+ * address. If the image_data doesn't have a initrd specified this function
+ * still returns successful as an initrd is optional. Check data->initrd_res
+ * to see if an initrd has been loaded.
+ *
+ * Return: 0 on success, negative error code otherwise
+ */
+int bootm_load_initrd(struct image_data *data, unsigned long load_address)
+{
+	if (data->initrd_res)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (data->initrd) {
+		data->initrd_res = uimage_load_to_sdram(data->initrd,
+			data->initrd_num, load_address);
+		if (!data->initrd_res)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	if (data->initrd_file) {
+		data->initrd_res = file_to_sdram(data->initrd_file, load_address);
+		if (!data->initrd_res)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int bootm_open_os_uimage(struct image_data *data)
 {
 	int ret;
diff --git a/include/boot.h b/include/boot.h
index 61ab5d0a4a..0cb2949415 100644
--- a/include/boot.h
+++ b/include/boot.h
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ static inline int linux_bootargs_overwrite(const char *bootargs)
 #endif
 
 int bootm_load_os(struct image_data *data, unsigned long load_address);
+int bootm_load_initrd(struct image_data *data, unsigned long load_address);
 
 #define UIMAGE_SOME_ADDRESS (UIMAGE_INVALID_ADDRESS - 1)