diff --git a/common/cmd_bootm.c b/common/cmd_bootm.c
index 452686d..da06009 100644
--- a/common/cmd_bootm.c
+++ b/common/cmd_bootm.c
@@ -344,11 +344,8 @@
 			printf ("   XIP %s ... ", type_name);
 		} else {
 			printf ("   Loading %s ... ", type_name);
-
-			if (load != image_start) {
-				memmove_wd ((void *)load,
-						(void *)image_start, image_len, CHUNKSZ);
-			}
+			memmove_wd ((void *)load, (void *)image_start,
+					image_len, CHUNKSZ);
 		}
 		*load_end = load + image_len;
 		puts("OK\n");
diff --git a/common/image.c b/common/image.c
index 9e49713..8d4be14 100644
--- a/common/image.c
+++ b/common/image.c
@@ -450,6 +450,9 @@
 
 void memmove_wd (void *to, void *from, size_t len, ulong chunksz)
 {
+	if (to == from)
+		return;
+
 #if defined(CONFIG_HW_WATCHDOG) || defined(CONFIG_WATCHDOG)
 	while (len > 0) {
 		size_t tail = (len > chunksz) ? chunksz : len;