diff --git a/meta/classes/kernel-uimage.bbclass b/meta/classes/kernel-uimage.bbclass
index 7c026abf0b..1d8656e76e 100644
--- a/meta/classes/kernel-uimage.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/kernel-uimage.bbclass
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ do_uboot_mkimage() {
 	ENTRYPOINT=${UBOOT_ENTRYPOINT}
 	if [ -n "${UBOOT_ENTRYSYMBOL}" ]; then
 		ENTRYPOINT=`${HOST_PREFIX}nm ${B}/vmlinux | \
-			awk '$3=="${UBOOT_ENTRYSYMBOL}" {print $1}'`
+			awk '$3=="${UBOOT_ENTRYSYMBOL}" {print "0x"$1;exit}'`
 	fi
 
 	uboot-mkimage -A ${UBOOT_ARCH} -O linux -T kernel -C "${linux_comp}" -a ${UBOOT_LOADADDRESS} -e $ENTRYPOINT -n "${DISTRO_NAME}/${PV}/${MACHINE}" -d linux.bin ${B}/arch/${ARCH}/boot/uImage