diff --git a/boot/image-fit.c b/boot/image-fit.c
index 3cc556b727..2ba7e64259 100644
--- a/boot/image-fit.c
+++ b/boot/image-fit.c
@@ -2266,6 +2266,7 @@ int fit_image_load(struct bootm_headers *images, ulong addr,
 	    comp != IH_COMP_NONE &&
 	    !(image_type == IH_TYPE_KERNEL ||
 	      image_type == IH_TYPE_KERNEL_NOLOAD ||
+	      image_type == IH_TYPE_FLATDT ||
 	      image_type == IH_TYPE_RAMDISK)) {
 		ulong max_decomp_len = len * 20;
 		if (load == data) {
@@ -2291,11 +2292,11 @@ int fit_image_load(struct bootm_headers *images, ulong addr,
 		     " please fix your .its file!\n");
 
 	/* verify that image data is a proper FDT blob */
-	if (image_type == IH_TYPE_FLATDT && fdt_check_header(loadbuf)) {
+	/*	if (image_type == IH_TYPE_FLATDT && fdt_check_header(loadbuf)) {
 		puts("Subimage data is not a FDT");
 		return -ENOEXEC;
 	}
-
+	*/
 	bootstage_mark(bootstage_id + BOOTSTAGE_SUB_LOAD);
 
 	*datap = load;