diff --git a/common/cmd_bootm.c b/common/cmd_bootm.c
index c2e8038..dea9093 100644
--- a/common/cmd_bootm.c
+++ b/common/cmd_bootm.c
@@ -300,7 +300,6 @@ static int bootm_start(cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char * const argv[]
 	return 0;
 }
 
-#define BOOTM_ERR_RESET		-1
 #define BOOTM_ERR_OVERLAP	-2
 #define BOOTM_ERR_UNIMPLEMENTED	-3
 static int bootm_load_os(image_info_t os, ulong *load_end, int boot_progress)
@@ -335,11 +334,9 @@ static int bootm_load_os(image_info_t os, ulong *load_end, int boot_progress)
 		printf ("   Uncompressing %s ... ", type_name);
 		if (gunzip ((void *)load, unc_len,
 					(uchar *)image_start, &image_len) != 0) {
-			puts ("GUNZIP: uncompress, out-of-mem or overwrite error "
-				"- must RESET board to recover\n");
 			if (boot_progress)
-				show_boot_progress (-6);
-			return BOOTM_ERR_RESET;
+				show_boot_progress(-6);
+			panic("GUNZIP: uncompress or overwrite error");
 		}
 
 		*load_end = load + image_len;
@@ -357,11 +354,9 @@ static int bootm_load_os(image_info_t os, ulong *load_end, int boot_progress)
 					&unc_len, (char *)image_start, image_len,
 					CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN < (4096 * 1024), 0);
 		if (i != BZ_OK) {
-			printf ("BUNZIP2: uncompress or overwrite error %d "
-				"- must RESET board to recover\n", i);
 			if (boot_progress)
-				show_boot_progress (-6);
-			return BOOTM_ERR_RESET;
+				show_boot_progress(-6);
+			panic("BUNZIP2: uncompress or overwrite error");
 		}
 
 		*load_end = load + unc_len;
@@ -377,10 +372,9 @@ static int bootm_load_os(image_info_t os, ulong *load_end, int boot_progress)
 			(unsigned char *)image_start, image_len);
 		unc_len = lzma_len;
 		if (ret != SZ_OK) {
-			printf ("LZMA: uncompress or overwrite error %d "
-				"- must RESET board to recover\n", ret);
-			show_boot_progress (-6);
-			return BOOTM_ERR_RESET;
+			if (boot_progress)
+				show_boot_progress(-6);
+			panic("LZMA: uncompress or overwrite error");
 		}
 		*load_end = load + unc_len;
 		break;
@@ -394,11 +388,9 @@ static int bootm_load_os(image_info_t os, ulong *load_end, int boot_progress)
 					  image_len, (unsigned char *)load,
 					  &unc_len);
 		if (ret != LZO_E_OK) {
-			printf ("LZO: uncompress or overwrite error %d "
-			      "- must RESET board to recover\n", ret);
 			if (boot_progress)
-				show_boot_progress (-6);
-			return BOOTM_ERR_RESET;
+				show_boot_progress(-6);
+			panic("LZO: uncompress or overwrite error");
 		}
 
 		*load_end = load + unc_len;
@@ -624,18 +616,14 @@ int do_bootm (cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char * const argv[])
 	ret = bootm_load_os(images.os, &load_end, 1);
 
 	if (ret < 0) {
-		if (ret == BOOTM_ERR_RESET)
-			do_reset (cmdtp, flag, argc, argv);
 		if (ret == BOOTM_ERR_OVERLAP) {
 			if (images.legacy_hdr_valid) {
 				if (image_get_type (&images.legacy_hdr_os_copy) == IH_TYPE_MULTI)
 					puts ("WARNING: legacy format multi component "
 						"image overwritten\n");
 			} else {
-				puts ("ERROR: new format image overwritten - "
-					"must RESET the board to recover\n");
-				show_boot_progress (-113);
-				do_reset (cmdtp, flag, argc, argv);
+				show_boot_progress(-113);
+				panic("ERROR: new format image overwritten");
 			}
 		}
 		if (ret == BOOTM_ERR_UNIMPLEMENTED) {
@@ -678,13 +666,8 @@ int do_bootm (cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char * const argv[])
 
 	boot_fn(0, argc, argv, &images);
 
-	show_boot_progress (-9);
-#ifdef DEBUG
-	puts ("\n## Control returned to monitor - resetting...\n");
-#endif
-	do_reset (cmdtp, flag, argc, argv);
-
-	return 1;
+	show_boot_progress(-9);
+	panic("Control returned to monitor!");
 }
 
 int bootm_maybe_autostart(cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, const char *cmd)