diff --git a/lib_i386/i386_linux.c b/lib_i386/i386_linux.c
--- a/lib_i386/i386_linux.c
+++ b/lib_i386/i386_linux.c
@@ -150,6 +150,11 @@ void do_bootm_linux(cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, in
 		initrd_start = 0;
 		initrd_end = 0;
 	}
+	/* <dave@cray.com> : if multi-part img. need to advance base ptr */
+	if ((hdr->ih_type==IH_TYPE_MULTI) && (len_ptr[1])) {
+		int i;
+		for (i=0, addr+=sizeof(int); len_ptr[i++]; addr+=sizeof(int));
+	}
 
 	base_ptr = load_zimage((void*)addr + sizeof(image_header_t), ntohl(hdr->ih_size),
 			       initrd_start, initrd_end-initrd_start, 0);