diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/mach-imx/image.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/mach-imx/image.h
index ee67ca9..54cd684 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/mach-imx/image.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/mach-imx/image.h
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@
 #define CONTAINER_HDR_QSPI_OFFSET SZ_4K
 #define CONTAINER_HDR_NAND_OFFSET SZ_128M
 
+#define CONTAINER_HDR_TAG 0x87
+#define CONTAINER_HDR_VERSION 0
+
 struct container_hdr {
 	u8 version;
 	u8 length_lsb;
@@ -66,4 +69,10 @@
 } __packed;
 
 int get_container_size(ulong addr, u16 *header_length);
+
+static inline bool valid_container_hdr(struct container_hdr *container)
+{
+	return container->tag == CONTAINER_HDR_TAG &&
+	       container->version == CONTAINER_HDR_VERSION;
+}
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-imx/ele_ahab.c b/arch/arm/mach-imx/ele_ahab.c
index 785b0d6..6a1ad19 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-imx/ele_ahab.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-imx/ele_ahab.c
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@
 	}
 
 	phdr = (struct container_hdr *)addr;
-	if (phdr->tag != 0x87 || phdr->version != 0x0) {
+	if (!valid_container_hdr(phdr)) {
 		printf("Error: Wrong container header\n");
 		return -EFAULT;
 	}
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-imx/image-container.c b/arch/arm/mach-imx/image-container.c
index 5f188ab..eff9e0c 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-imx/image-container.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-imx/image-container.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 	u32 max_offset = 0, img_end;
 
 	phdr = (struct container_hdr *)addr;
-	if (phdr->tag != 0x87 || phdr->version != 0x0) {
+	if (!valid_container_hdr(phdr)) {
 		debug("Wrong container header\n");
 		return -EFAULT;
 	}
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-imx/imx8/ahab.c b/arch/arm/mach-imx/imx8/ahab.c
index b58b14c..44ea635 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-imx/imx8/ahab.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-imx/imx8/ahab.c
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@
 	}
 
 	phdr = (struct container_hdr *)addr;
-	if (phdr->tag != 0x87 && phdr->version != 0x0) {
+	if (!valid_container_hdr(phdr)) {
 		printf("Error: Wrong container header\n");
 		return -EFAULT;
 	}
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-imx/parse-container.c b/arch/arm/mach-imx/parse-container.c
index 48cffb3..d57f25d 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-imx/parse-container.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-imx/parse-container.c
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
 		goto end;
 	}
 
-	if (container->tag != 0x87 && container->version != 0x0) {
+	if (!valid_container_hdr(container)) {
 		log_err("Wrong container header\n");
 		ret = -ENOENT;
 		goto end;
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-imx/spl_imx_romapi.c b/arch/arm/mach-imx/spl_imx_romapi.c
index c4a4185..80909ae 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-imx/spl_imx_romapi.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-imx/spl_imx_romapi.c
@@ -202,7 +202,8 @@
 
 	for (i = 0; i < size; i += 4) {
 		hdr = p + i;
-		if (*(hdr + 3) == 0x87 && *hdr == 0 && (*(hdr + 1) != 0 || *(hdr + 2) != 0))
+		if (valid_container_hdr((void *)hdr) &&
+		    (*(hdr + 1) != 0 || *(hdr + 2) != 0))
 			return p + i;
 	}