diff --git a/commands/bootm.c b/commands/bootm.c
index 8ce486797..c1d2ec411 100644
--- a/commands/bootm.c
+++ b/commands/bootm.c
@@ -75,19 +75,6 @@ static char *bootm_image_name_and_no(const char *name, int *no)
 #define BOOTM_OPTS BOOTM_OPTS_COMMON
 #endif
 
-unsigned long long getenv_loadaddr(const char *name)
-{
-	const char *valstr = getenv(name);
-
-	if (!valstr)
-		return UIMAGE_SOME_ADDRESS;
-
-	if (valstr[0] == '\0')
-		return UIMAGE_SOME_ADDRESS;
-
-	return simple_strtoull(valstr, NULL, 0);
-}
-
 static int do_bootm(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
 	int opt;
diff --git a/common/bootm.c b/common/bootm.c
index f7e4f9a1b..6b2c2a6a7 100644
--- a/common/bootm.c
+++ b/common/bootm.c
@@ -26,6 +26,19 @@ int register_image_handler(struct image_handler *handler)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+unsigned long long getenv_loadaddr(const char *name)
+{
+	const char *valstr = getenv(name);
+
+	if (!valstr)
+		return UIMAGE_SOME_ADDRESS;
+
+	if (valstr[0] == '\0')
+		return UIMAGE_SOME_ADDRESS;
+
+	return simple_strtoull(valstr, NULL, 0);
+}
+
 static struct image_handler *bootm_find_handler(enum filetype filetype,
 		struct image_data *data)
 {
diff --git a/include/boot.h b/include/boot.h
index ccce8e1a4..8d42d3910 100644
--- a/include/boot.h
+++ b/include/boot.h
@@ -96,4 +96,6 @@ static inline int linux_bootargs_overwrite(const char *bootargs)
 
 int bootm_boot(struct image_data *);
 
+unsigned long long getenv_loadaddr(const char *name);
+
 #endif /* __BOOT_H */