diff --git a/common/cmd_bootm.c b/common/cmd_bootm.c
index 23ab0c4aaea692e2934c4ce6e65889f9ee266c7e..995e378359d9438a0fc36a367b4387bcb1abd23b 100644
--- a/common/cmd_bootm.c
+++ b/common/cmd_bootm.c
@@ -291,7 +291,8 @@ static int bootm_start(cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char *argv[])
 		return 1;
 	}
 
-	if ((images.os.type == IH_TYPE_KERNEL) &&
+	if (((images.os.type == IH_TYPE_KERNEL) ||
+	     (images.os.type == IH_TYPE_MULTI)) &&
 	    (images.os.os == IH_OS_LINUX)) {
 		/* find ramdisk */
 		ret = boot_get_ramdisk (argc, argv, &images, IH_INITRD_ARCH,