diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-imx/imx8m/soc.c b/arch/arm/mach-imx/imx8m/soc.c
index 056e79589817..007b8a6c8174 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-imx/imx8m/soc.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-imx/imx8m/soc.c
@@ -611,8 +611,6 @@ int spl_mmc_emmc_boot_partition(struct mmc *mmc)
        for (i = 0; i < 128; i++) {
                event_id = rom_log[i] >> 24;
                switch (event_id) {
-               case 0x00: /* End of list */
-                       return part;
                /* Log entries with 1 parameter, skip 1 */
                case 0x80: /* Start to perform the device initialization */
                case 0x81: /* The boot device initialization completes */
@@ -641,7 +639,7 @@ int spl_mmc_emmc_boot_partition(struct mmc *mmc)
                                part = 2;
                        else if (part == 2)
                                part = 1;
-                       continue;
+                       return part;
                default:
                        continue;
                }