diff --git a/lib_mips/mips_linux.c b/lib_mips/mips_linux.c
index 0881b6d..7ea7571 100644
--- a/lib_mips/mips_linux.c
+++ b/lib_mips/mips_linux.c
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@
 #define	LINUX_MAX_ENVS		256
 #define	LINUX_MAX_ARGS		256
 
-extern image_header_t header;           /* from cmd_bootm.c */
-
 extern int do_reset (cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char *argv[]);
 
 static int	linux_argc;
@@ -49,13 +47,13 @@
 
 
 void do_bootm_linux (cmd_tbl_t * cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char *argv[],
-		     ulong addr, ulong * len_ptr, int verify)
+		     image_header_t *hdr, int verify)
 {
-	ulong len = 0;
+	ulong rd_data, rd_len;
 	ulong initrd_start, initrd_end;
-	ulong data;
+	image_header_t *rd_hdr;
+
 	void (*theKernel) (int, char **, char **, int *);
-	image_header_t *hdr = &header;
 	char *commandline = getenv ("bootargs");
 	char env_buf[12];
 
@@ -68,33 +66,30 @@
 	if (argc >= 3) {
 		show_boot_progress (9);
 
-		addr = simple_strtoul (argv[2], NULL, 16);
-		hdr = (image_header_t *)addr;
+		rd_hdr = (image_header_t *)simple_strtoul (argv[2], NULL, 16);
+		printf ("## Loading Ramdisk Image at %08lx ...\n", rd_hdr);
 
-		printf ("## Loading Ramdisk Image at %08lx ...\n", addr);
-
-		if (!image_check_magic (hdr)) {
+		if (!image_check_magic (rd_hdr)) {
 			printf ("Bad Magic Number\n");
 			show_boot_progress (-10);
 			do_reset (cmdtp, flag, argc, argv);
 		}
 
-		if (!image_check_hcrc (hdr)) {
+		if (!image_check_hcrc (rd_hdr)) {
 			printf ("Bad Header Checksum\n");
 			show_boot_progress (-11);
 			do_reset (cmdtp, flag, argc, argv);
 		}
 
 		show_boot_progress (10);
+		print_image_hdr (rd_hdr);
 
-		print_image_hdr (hdr);
-
-		data = image_get_data (hdr);
-		len = image_get_data_size (hdr);
+		rd_data = image_get_data (rd_hdr);
+		rd_len = image_get_data_size (rd_hdr);
 
 		if (verify) {
 			printf ("   Verifying Checksum ... ");
-			if (!image_check_dcrc (hdr)) {
+			if (!image_check_dcrc (rd_hdr)) {
 				printf ("Bad Data CRC\n");
 				show_boot_progress (-12);
 				do_reset (cmdtp, flag, argc, argv);
@@ -104,9 +99,9 @@
 
 		show_boot_progress (11);
 
-		if (!image_check_os (hdr, IH_OS_LINUX) ||
-		    !image_check_arch (hdr, IH_ARCH_MIPS) ||
-		    !image_check_type (hdr, IH_TYPE_RAMDISK)) {
+		if (!image_check_os (rd_hdr, IH_OS_LINUX) ||
+		    !image_check_arch (rd_hdr, IH_ARCH_MIPS) ||
+		    !image_check_type (rd_hdr, IH_TYPE_RAMDISK)) {
 			printf ("No Linux MIPS Ramdisk Image\n");
 			show_boot_progress (-13);
 			do_reset (cmdtp, flag, argc, argv);
@@ -115,43 +110,30 @@
 		/*
 		 * Now check if we have a multifile image
 		 */
-	} else if (image_check_type (hdr, IH_TYPE_MULTI) && (len_ptr[1])) {
-		ulong tail = image_to_cpu (len_ptr[0]) % 4;
-		int i;
-
+	} else if (image_check_type (hdr, IH_TYPE_MULTI)) {
+		/*
+		 * Get second entry data start address and len
+		 */
 		show_boot_progress (13);
-
-		/* skip kernel length and terminator */
-		data = (ulong) (&len_ptr[2]);
-		/* skip any additional image length fields */
-		for (i = 1; len_ptr[i]; ++i)
-			data += 4;
-		/* add kernel length, and align */
-		data += image_to_cpu (len_ptr[0]);
-		if (tail) {
-			data += 4 - tail;
-		}
-
-		len = image_to_cpu (len_ptr[1]);
-
+		image_multi_getimg (hdr, 1, &rd_data, &rd_len);
 	} else {
 		/*
 		 * no initrd image
 		 */
 		show_boot_progress (14);
 
-		data = 0;
+		rd_data = rd_len = 0;
 	}
 
 #ifdef	DEBUG
-	if (!data) {
+	if (!rd_data) {
 		printf ("No initrd\n");
 	}
 #endif
 
-	if (data) {
-		initrd_start = data;
-		initrd_end = initrd_start + len;
+	if (rd_data) {
+		initrd_start = rd_data;
+		initrd_end = initrd_start + rd_len;
 	} else {
 		initrd_start = 0;
 		initrd_end = 0;