diff --git a/common/spl/spl.c b/common/spl/spl.c
index 9890a88..ac19e5f 100644
--- a/common/spl/spl.c
+++ b/common/spl/spl.c
@@ -384,10 +384,6 @@
 		return loader->load_image(&bootdev);
 
 	switch (boot_device) {
-#if defined(CONFIG_SPL_SPI_SUPPORT) || defined(CONFIG_SPL_SPI_FLASH_SUPPORT)
-	case BOOT_DEVICE_SPI:
-		return spl_spi_load_image(&bootdev);
-#endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_SPL_ETH_SUPPORT
 	case BOOT_DEVICE_CPGMAC:
 #ifdef CONFIG_SPL_ETH_DEVICE
diff --git a/common/spl/spl_spi.c b/common/spl/spl_spi.c
index e4cc0d0..b9294f2 100644
--- a/common/spl/spl_spi.c
+++ b/common/spl/spl_spi.c
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
  * configured and available since this code loads the main U-Boot image
  * from SPI into SDRAM and starts it from there.
  */
-int spl_spi_load_image(struct spl_boot_device *bootdev)
+static int spl_spi_load_image(struct spl_boot_device *bootdev)
 {
 	int err = 0;
 	struct spi_flash *flash;
@@ -121,3 +121,5 @@
 
 	return err;
 }
+/* Use priorty 1 so that boards can override this */
+SPL_LOAD_IMAGE_METHOD(1, BOOT_DEVICE_SPI, spl_spi_load_image);