diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index c21c81663..7b585153c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 Changes since U-Boot 0.3.1:
 ======================================================================
 
+* Patch by Christophe Lindheimer, 20 May 2003:
+  allow the use of CFG_LOADS when CFG_NO_FLASH is set
+
 * Fix SDRAM timing on Purple board
 
 * Add support for CompactFlash on ATC board
diff --git a/common/cmd_boot.c b/common/cmd_boot.c
index 2fc0729f3..c2897a235 100644
--- a/common/cmd_boot.c
+++ b/common/cmd_boot.c
@@ -332,6 +332,7 @@ load_serial (ulong offset)
 		case SREC_DATA3:
 		case SREC_DATA4:
 		    store_addr = addr + offset;
+#ifndef CFG_NO_FLASH
 		    if (addr2info(store_addr)) {
 			int rc;
 
@@ -340,7 +341,9 @@ load_serial (ulong offset)
 				flash_perror (rc);
 				return (~0);
 			}
-		    } else {
+		    } else
+#endif
+		    {
 			memcpy ((char *)(store_addr), binbuf, binlen);
 		    }
 		    if ((store_addr) < start_addr)