diff --git a/cmd/booti.c b/cmd/booti.c
index 6c1c998a568c48a69db292e8e53370d280c12ee7..2d879f39f5a6983e940656b28ba0acc1839919d2 100644
--- a/cmd/booti.c
+++ b/cmd/booti.c
@@ -132,6 +132,9 @@ int do_booti(cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char * const argv[])
 
 	images.os.os = IH_OS_LINUX;
 	ret = do_bootm_states(cmdtp, flag, argc, argv,
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_RAMDISK_HIGH
+			      BOOTM_STATE_RAMDISK |
+#endif
 			      BOOTM_STATE_OS_PREP | BOOTM_STATE_OS_FAKE_GO |
 			      BOOTM_STATE_OS_GO,
 			      &images, 1);
diff --git a/cmd/bootz.c b/cmd/bootz.c
index 9648fe9948d5a16327c4153a12bf8b90542a4501..ceff01bc04164d1b903bd24433b34d56ae3e2e6c 100644
--- a/cmd/bootz.c
+++ b/cmd/bootz.c
@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ int do_bootz(cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char * const argv[])
 
 	images.os.os = IH_OS_LINUX;
 	ret = do_bootm_states(cmdtp, flag, argc, argv,
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_RAMDISK_HIGH
+			      BOOTM_STATE_RAMDISK |
+#endif
 			      BOOTM_STATE_OS_PREP | BOOTM_STATE_OS_FAKE_GO |
 			      BOOTM_STATE_OS_GO,
 			      &images, 1);