diff --git a/common/spl/spl_fat.c b/common/spl/spl_fat.c
index e9ee5487d6e..8b1d01cff4b 100644
--- a/common/spl/spl_fat.c
+++ b/common/spl/spl_fat.c
@@ -96,9 +96,11 @@ int spl_load_image_fat(struct spl_image_info *spl_image,
 	err = spl_load(spl_image, bootdev, &load, size, 0);
 
 end:
-	if (err < 0)
+	if (err < 0) {
+		spl_fat_force_reregister();
 		printf("%s: error reading image %s, err - %d\n",
 		       __func__, filename, err);
+	}
 
 	return err;
 }