diff --git a/common/update.c b/common/update.c
index f084895..f5c8684 100644
--- a/common/update.c
+++ b/common/update.c
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@
 	/* get load address of downloaded update file */
 	env_addr = env_get("loadaddr");
 	if (env_addr)
-		addr = simple_strtoul(env_addr, NULL, 16);
+		addr = hextoul(env_addr, NULL);
 	else
 		addr = CONFIG_UPDATE_LOAD_ADDR;