diff --git a/common/spl/spl.c b/common/spl/spl.c
index 074c41d5ad2cd2ef3642cc2b6a71aa3f4c4234c5..94b01da56ce92bdef79eb5ed8cbd043271a2a17b 100644
--- a/common/spl/spl.c
+++ b/common/spl/spl.c
@@ -298,6 +298,7 @@ void board_init_r(gd_t *dummy1, ulong dummy2)
 	      gd->malloc_ptr / 1024);
 #endif
 
+	debug("loaded - jumping to U-Boot...");
 	jump_to_image_no_args(&spl_image);
 }