diff --git a/cmd/bootefi.c b/cmd/bootefi.c
index 46bd80d2077..23f05aa867a 100644
--- a/cmd/bootefi.c
+++ b/cmd/bootefi.c
@@ -241,6 +241,33 @@ static efi_status_t efi_install_fdt(void *fdt)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static efi_status_t bootefi_run_prepare(struct efi_loaded_image *image,
+					struct efi_object *obj,
+					const char *path,
+					struct efi_device_path *device_path,
+					struct efi_device_path *image_path)
+{
+	efi_status_t ret;
+
+	efi_setup_loaded_image(image, obj, device_path, image_path);
+
+	/* Initialize and populate EFI object list */
+	ret = efi_init_obj_list();
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	/*
+	 * gd lives in a fixed register which may get clobbered while we execute
+	 * the payload. So save it here and restore it on every callback entry
+	 */
+	efi_save_gd();
+
+	/* Transfer environment variable bootargs as load options */
+	set_load_options(image, path);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * Load an EFI payload into a newly allocated piece of memory, register all
  * EFI objects it would want to access and jump to it.
@@ -249,8 +276,8 @@ static efi_status_t do_bootefi_exec(void *efi,
 				    struct efi_device_path *device_path,
 				    struct efi_device_path *image_path)
 {
-	struct efi_loaded_image loaded_image_info = {};
-	struct efi_object loaded_image_info_obj = {};
+	struct efi_loaded_image image;
+	struct efi_object obj;
 	struct efi_device_path *memdp = NULL;
 	efi_status_t ret;
 
@@ -271,19 +298,13 @@ static efi_status_t do_bootefi_exec(void *efi,
 		assert(device_path && image_path);
 	}
 
-	efi_setup_loaded_image(&loaded_image_info, &loaded_image_info_obj,
-			       device_path, image_path);
-
-	/*
-	 * gd lives in a fixed register which may get clobbered while we execute
-	 * the payload. So save it here and restore it on every callback entry
-	 */
-	efi_save_gd();
+	ret = bootefi_run_prepare(&image, &obj, "bootargs", device_path,
+				  image_path);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
 
-	/* Transfer environment variable bootargs as load options */
-	set_load_options(&loaded_image_info, "bootargs");
 	/* Load the EFI payload */
-	entry = efi_load_pe(efi, &loaded_image_info);
+	entry = efi_load_pe(efi, &image);
 	if (!entry) {
 		ret = EFI_LOAD_ERROR;
 		goto exit;
@@ -291,10 +312,10 @@ static efi_status_t do_bootefi_exec(void *efi,
 
 	if (memdp) {
 		struct efi_device_path_memory *mdp = (void *)memdp;
-		mdp->memory_type = loaded_image_info.image_code_type;
-		mdp->start_address = (uintptr_t)loaded_image_info.image_base;
+		mdp->memory_type = image.image_code_type;
+		mdp->start_address = (uintptr_t)image.image_base;
 		mdp->end_address = mdp->start_address +
-				loaded_image_info.image_size;
+				image.image_size;
 	}
 
 	/* we don't support much: */
@@ -304,8 +325,8 @@ static efi_status_t do_bootefi_exec(void *efi,
 	/* Call our payload! */
 	debug("%s:%d Jumping to 0x%lx\n", __func__, __LINE__, (long)entry);
 
-	if (setjmp(&loaded_image_info.exit_jmp)) {
-		ret = loaded_image_info.exit_status;
+	if (setjmp(&image.exit_jmp)) {
+		ret = image.exit_status;
 		goto exit;
 	}
 
@@ -317,7 +338,7 @@ static efi_status_t do_bootefi_exec(void *efi,
 
 		/* Move into EL2 and keep running there */
 		armv8_switch_to_el2((ulong)entry,
-				    (ulong)&loaded_image_info_obj.handle,
+				    (ulong)&obj.handle,
 				    (ulong)&systab, 0, (ulong)efi_run_in_el2,
 				    ES_TO_AARCH64);
 
@@ -326,11 +347,11 @@ static efi_status_t do_bootefi_exec(void *efi,
 	}
 #endif
 
-	ret = efi_do_enter(loaded_image_info_obj.handle, &systab, entry);
+	ret = efi_do_enter(obj.handle, &systab, entry);
 
 exit:
 	/* image has returned, loaded-image obj goes *poof*: */
-	list_del(&loaded_image_info_obj.link);
+	list_del(&obj.link);
 
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -352,29 +373,14 @@ static efi_status_t bootefi_test_prepare(struct efi_loaded_image *image,
 					 struct efi_object *obj,
 					 const char *path, ulong test_func)
 {
-	efi_status_t ret;
-
 	memset(image, '\0', sizeof(*image));
 	memset(obj, '\0', sizeof(*obj));
 	/* Construct a dummy device path */
 	bootefi_device_path = efi_dp_from_mem(EFI_RESERVED_MEMORY_TYPE,
 					      test_func, test_func);
 	bootefi_image_path = efi_dp_from_file(NULL, 0, path);
-	efi_setup_loaded_image(image, obj, bootefi_device_path,
-			       bootefi_image_path);
-	/*
-	 * gd lives in a fixed register which may get clobbered while we execute
-	 * the payload. So save it here and restore it on every callback entry
-	 */
-	efi_save_gd();
-	/* Initialize and populate our EFI object list */
-	ret = efi_init_obj_list();
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
-	/* Transfer environment variable efi_selftest as load options */
-	set_load_options(image, "efi_selftest");
-
-	return 0;
+	return bootefi_run_prepare(image, obj, path, bootefi_device_path,
+				   bootefi_image_path);
 }
 
 /**
