diff --git a/commands/bootm.c b/commands/bootm.c
index 3976eb49b..6ce2ca989 100644
--- a/commands/bootm.c
+++ b/commands/bootm.c
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ static int do_bootm(int argc, char *argv[])
 			goto err_out;
 	} else {
 		data.of_root_node = of_get_root_node();
-		if (bootm_verbose(&data) && data.of_root_node)
+		if (data.of_root_node)
 			printf("using internal devicetree\n");
 	}
 #endif