diff --git a/board/raspberrypi/rpi/rpi.c b/board/raspberrypi/rpi/rpi.c
index 0c7d58d..55afaa5 100644
--- a/board/raspberrypi/rpi/rpi.c
+++ b/board/raspberrypi/rpi/rpi.c
@@ -488,10 +488,14 @@
 /*
  * If the firmware passed a device tree use it for U-Boot.
  */
-void *board_fdt_blob_setup(void)
+void *board_fdt_blob_setup(int *err)
 {
-	if (fdt_magic(fw_dtb_pointer) != FDT_MAGIC)
+	*err = 0;
+	if (fdt_magic(fw_dtb_pointer) != FDT_MAGIC) {
+		*err = -ENXIO;
 		return NULL;
+	}
+
 	return (void *)fw_dtb_pointer;
 }