diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/sunxi/board.c b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/sunxi/board.c
index 8883cf5..d11365b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/sunxi/board.c
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/sunxi/board.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include <asm/io.h>
 #include <asm/arch/clock.h>
 #include <asm/arch/gpio.h>
+#include <asm/arch/spl.h>
 #include <asm/arch/sys_proto.h>
 #include <asm/arch/timer.h>
 #include <asm/arch/tzpc.h>
@@ -152,7 +153,7 @@
 	 * binary over USB. If it is found, it determines where SPL was
 	 * read from.
 	 */
-	if (readl(4) != 0x4E4F4765 || readl(8) != 0x3054422E) /* eGON.BT0 */
+	if (!is_boot0_magic(SPL_ADDR + 4)) /* eGON.BT0 */
 		return BOOT_DEVICE_BOARD;
 
 	/* The BROM will try to boot from mmc0 first, so try that first. */
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/arch-sunxi/spl.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/arch-sunxi/spl.h
index d2ce848..a129dd4 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/arch-sunxi/spl.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/arch-sunxi/spl.h
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
 #define SPL_SIGNATURE		"SPL" /* marks "sunxi" SPL header */
 #define SPL_HEADER_VERSION	1
 
+/* Note: A80 will require special handling here: SPL_ADDR 0x10000 */
+#define SPL_ADDR		0x0
+
 /* boot head definition from sun4i boot code */
 struct boot_file_head {
 	uint32_t b_instruction;	/* one intruction jumping to real code */
@@ -42,4 +45,6 @@
 	uint32_t reserved;		/* padding, align to 32 bytes */
 };
 
+#define is_boot0_magic(addr)	(memcmp((void *)addr, BOOT0_MAGIC, 8) == 0)
+
 #endif