diff --git a/board/AndesTech/ax25-ae350/ax25-ae350.c b/board/AndesTech/ax25-ae350/ax25-ae350.c
index b28894e..5fb32fd 100644
--- a/board/AndesTech/ax25-ae350/ax25-ae350.c
+++ b/board/AndesTech/ax25-ae350/ax25-ae350.c
@@ -54,13 +54,15 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-void *board_fdt_blob_setup(void)
+void *board_fdt_blob_setup(int *err)
 {
+	*err = 0;
 #if CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(OF_BOARD)
 	return (void *)(ulong)gd->arch.firmware_fdt_addr;
 #elif CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(OF_SEPARATE)
 	return (void *)CONFIG_SYS_FDT_BASE;
 #else
+	*err = -EINVAL;
 	return NULL;
 #endif
 }
diff --git a/board/Marvell/octeontx/board-fdt.c b/board/Marvell/octeontx/board-fdt.c
index 1db2a4a..e989c37 100644
--- a/board/Marvell/octeontx/board-fdt.c
+++ b/board/Marvell/octeontx/board-fdt.c
@@ -301,7 +301,8 @@
  *
  * @return	FDT base address received from ATF in x1 register
  */
-void *board_fdt_blob_setup(void)
+void *board_fdt_blob_setup(int *err)
 {
+	*err = 0;
 	return (void *)fdt_base_addr;
 }
diff --git a/board/Marvell/octeontx2/board-fdt.c b/board/Marvell/octeontx2/board-fdt.c
index a4771af..e2cfe01 100644
--- a/board/Marvell/octeontx2/board-fdt.c
+++ b/board/Marvell/octeontx2/board-fdt.c
@@ -215,7 +215,8 @@
  *
  * @return	FDT base address received from ATF in x1 register
  */
-void *board_fdt_blob_setup(void)
+void *board_fdt_blob_setup(int *err)
 {
+	*err = 0;
 	return (void *)fdt_base_addr;
 }
diff --git a/board/Marvell/octeontx2/board.c b/board/Marvell/octeontx2/board.c
index 4e8cb83..63aa2d6 100644
--- a/board/Marvell/octeontx2/board.c
+++ b/board/Marvell/octeontx2/board.c
@@ -226,12 +226,13 @@
 	uboot_entry_t entry;
 	ulong addr;
 	void *fdt;
+	int err;
 
 	if (argc < 2)
 		return CMD_RET_USAGE;
 
 	addr = hextoul(argv[1], NULL);
-	fdt = board_fdt_blob_setup();
+	fdt = board_fdt_blob_setup(&err);
 	entry = (uboot_entry_t)addr;
 	flush_cache((ulong)addr, 1 << 20);	/* 1MiB should be enough */
 	dcache_disable();
diff --git a/board/armltd/vexpress64/vexpress64.c b/board/armltd/vexpress64/vexpress64.c
index 2e42602..d2f307c 100644
--- a/board/armltd/vexpress64/vexpress64.c
+++ b/board/armltd/vexpress64/vexpress64.c
@@ -131,12 +131,15 @@
 	return ~0;
 }
 
-void *board_fdt_blob_setup(void)
+void *board_fdt_blob_setup(int *err)
 {
 	phys_addr_t fdt_rom_addr = find_dtb_in_nor_flash(CONFIG_JUNO_DTB_PART);
 
-	if (fdt_rom_addr == ~0UL)
+	*err = 0;
+	if (fdt_rom_addr == ~0UL) {
+		*err = -ENXIO;
 		return NULL;
+	}
 
 	return (void *)fdt_rom_addr;
 }
diff --git a/board/broadcom/bcmstb/bcmstb.c b/board/broadcom/bcmstb/bcmstb.c
index 723ebda..07aeb09 100644
--- a/board/broadcom/bcmstb/bcmstb.c
+++ b/board/broadcom/bcmstb/bcmstb.c
@@ -131,8 +131,9 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-void *board_fdt_blob_setup(void)
+void *board_fdt_blob_setup(int *err)
 {
+	*err = 0;
 	/* Stored the DTB address there during our init */
 	return (void *)prior_stage_fdt_address;
 }
diff --git a/board/emulation/qemu-arm/qemu-arm.c b/board/emulation/qemu-arm/qemu-arm.c
index aa68bef..16d5a97 100644
--- a/board/emulation/qemu-arm/qemu-arm.c
+++ b/board/emulation/qemu-arm/qemu-arm.c
@@ -94,8 +94,9 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-void *board_fdt_blob_setup(void)
+void *board_fdt_blob_setup(int *err)
 {
+	*err = 0;
 	/* QEMU loads a generated DTB for us at the start of RAM. */
 	return (void *)CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE;
 }
diff --git a/board/emulation/qemu-ppce500/qemu-ppce500.c b/board/emulation/qemu-ppce500/qemu-ppce500.c
index 924cc02..7d8ba34 100644
--- a/board/emulation/qemu-ppce500/qemu-ppce500.c
+++ b/board/emulation/qemu-ppce500/qemu-ppce500.c
@@ -333,8 +333,9 @@
  *
  * @return virtual address of FDT received from QEMU in r3 register
  */
-void *board_fdt_blob_setup(void)
+void *board_fdt_blob_setup(int *err)
 {
+	*err = 0;
 	return get_fdt_virt();
 }
 
diff --git a/board/emulation/qemu-riscv/qemu-riscv.c b/board/emulation/qemu-riscv/qemu-riscv.c
index 2a26e26..b0d9dd5 100644
--- a/board/emulation/qemu-riscv/qemu-riscv.c
+++ b/board/emulation/qemu-riscv/qemu-riscv.c
@@ -72,8 +72,9 @@
 }
 #endif
 
-void *board_fdt_blob_setup(void)
+void *board_fdt_blob_setup(int *err)
 {
+	*err = 0;
 	/* Stored the DTB address there during our init */
 	return (void *)(ulong)gd->arch.firmware_fdt_addr;
 }
diff --git a/board/highbank/highbank.c b/board/highbank/highbank.c
index ffb6fd9..b5fa510 100644
--- a/board/highbank/highbank.c
+++ b/board/highbank/highbank.c
@@ -111,8 +111,9 @@
 }
 #endif
 
-void *board_fdt_blob_setup(void)
+void *board_fdt_blob_setup(int *err)
 {
+	*err = 0;
 	/*
 	 * The ECME management processor loads the DTB from NOR flash
 	 * into DRAM (at 4KB), where it gets patched to contain the
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;
 }
 
diff --git a/board/sifive/unleashed/unleashed.c b/board/sifive/unleashed/unleashed.c
index e7d2332..3c3e0e1 100644
--- a/board/sifive/unleashed/unleashed.c
+++ b/board/sifive/unleashed/unleashed.c
@@ -114,8 +114,9 @@
 
 #endif
 
-void *board_fdt_blob_setup(void)
+void *board_fdt_blob_setup(int *err)
 {
+	*err = 0;
 	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_OF_SEPARATE)) {
 		if (gd->arch.firmware_fdt_addr)
 			return (ulong *)(uintptr_t)gd->arch.firmware_fdt_addr;
diff --git a/board/sifive/unmatched/unmatched.c b/board/sifive/unmatched/unmatched.c
index 93c452c..4895909 100644
--- a/board/sifive/unmatched/unmatched.c
+++ b/board/sifive/unmatched/unmatched.c
@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@
 #include <dm.h>
 #include <asm/sections.h>
 
-void *board_fdt_blob_setup(void)
+void *board_fdt_blob_setup(int *err)
 {
+	*err = 0;
 	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_OF_SEPARATE)) {
 		if (gd->arch.firmware_fdt_addr)
 			return (ulong *)(uintptr_t)gd->arch.firmware_fdt_addr;
diff --git a/board/socrates/socrates.c b/board/socrates/socrates.c
index 3ba2fbb..a81cb7b 100644
--- a/board/socrates/socrates.c
+++ b/board/socrates/socrates.c
@@ -220,13 +220,15 @@
 #endif /* CONFIG_OF_BOARD_SETUP */
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_OF_SEPARATE)
-void *board_fdt_blob_setup(void)
+void *board_fdt_blob_setup(int *err)
 {
 	void *fw_dtb;
 
+	*err = 0;
 	fw_dtb = (void *)(CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE - CONFIG_ENV_SECT_SIZE);
 	if (fdt_magic(fw_dtb) != FDT_MAGIC) {
 		printf("DTB is not passed via %x\n", (u32)fw_dtb);
+		*err = -ENXIO;
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
diff --git a/board/xen/xenguest_arm64/xenguest_arm64.c b/board/xen/xenguest_arm64/xenguest_arm64.c
index da0ddee..6e10bba 100644
--- a/board/xen/xenguest_arm64/xenguest_arm64.c
+++ b/board/xen/xenguest_arm64/xenguest_arm64.c
@@ -39,10 +39,13 @@
  * x0 is the physical address of the device tree blob (dtb) in system RAM.
  * This is stored in rom_pointer during low level init.
  */
-void *board_fdt_blob_setup(void)
+void *board_fdt_blob_setup(int *err)
 {
-	if (fdt_magic(rom_pointer[0]) != FDT_MAGIC)
+	*err = 0;
+	if (fdt_magic(rom_pointer[0]) != FDT_MAGIC) {
+		*err = -ENXIO;
 		return NULL;
+	}
 	return (void *)rom_pointer[0];
 }
 
diff --git a/board/xilinx/common/board.c b/board/xilinx/common/board.c
index 9006bd3..78a5d0e 100644
--- a/board/xilinx/common/board.c
+++ b/board/xilinx/common/board.c
@@ -320,10 +320,11 @@
 }
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_OF_BOARD) || defined(CONFIG_OF_SEPARATE)
-void *board_fdt_blob_setup(void)
+void *board_fdt_blob_setup(int *err)
 {
 	void *fdt_blob;
 
+	*err = 0;
 	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SPL_BUILD) &&
 	    !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_VERSAL_NO_DDR) &&
 	    !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ZYNQMP_NO_DDR)) {