diff --git a/target/linux/sunxi/Makefile b/target/linux/sunxi/Makefile
index 3c2f14b841..f8b8aa750a 100644
--- a/target/linux/sunxi/Makefile
+++ b/target/linux/sunxi/Makefile
@@ -28,6 +28,6 @@ KERNELNAME:=zImage dtbs
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/target.mk
 
 DEFAULT_PACKAGES += uboot-envtools
-DEFAULT_PACKAGES += mkf2fs e2fsprogs
+DEFAULT_PACKAGES += partx-utils mkf2fs e2fsprogs
 
 $(eval $(call BuildTarget))
diff --git a/target/linux/sunxi/base-files/lib/upgrade/platform.sh b/target/linux/sunxi/base-files/lib/upgrade/platform.sh
index 776bdf53bf..88ef4790e9 100644
--- a/target/linux/sunxi/base-files/lib/upgrade/platform.sh
+++ b/target/linux/sunxi/base-files/lib/upgrade/platform.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,28 @@
 platform_check_image() {
-	true
+	local diskdev partdev diff
+
+	export_bootdevice && export_partdevice diskdev -2 || {
+		echo "Unable to determine upgrade device"
+		return 1
+	}
+
+	get_partitions "/dev/$diskdev" bootdisk
+
+	#extract the boot sector from the image
+	get_image "$@" | dd of=/tmp/image.bs count=1 bs=512b 2>/dev/null
+
+	get_partitions /tmp/image.bs image
+
+	#compare tables
+	diff="$(grep -F -x -v -f /tmp/partmap.bootdisk /tmp/partmap.image)"
+
+	rm -f /tmp/image.bs /tmp/partmap.bootdisk /tmp/partmap.image
+
+	if [ -n "$diff" ]; then
+		echo "Partition layout has changed. Full image will be written."
+		ask_bool 0 "Abort" && exit 1
+		return 0
+	fi
 }
 
 platform_copy_config() {
@@ -13,55 +36,54 @@ platform_copy_config() {
 }
 
 platform_do_upgrade() {
-	local diskdev partdev ibs diff
-
-	if export_bootdevice && export_partdevice diskdev -2; then
-		sync
-		if [ "$SAVE_PARTITIONS" = "1" ]; then
-			get_partitions "/dev/$diskdev" bootdisk
-
-			#get block size
-			if [ -f "/sys/block/$diskdev/queue/physical_block_size" ]; then
-				ibs="$(cat "/sys/block/$diskdev/queue/physical_block_size")"
-			else
-				ibs=512
-			fi
-
-			#extract the boot sector from the image
-			get_image "$@" | dd of=/tmp/image.bs count=1 bs=512b
-
-			get_partitions /tmp/image.bs image
-
-			#compare tables
-			diff="$(grep -F -x -v -f /tmp/partmap.bootdisk /tmp/partmap.image)"
-			if [ -n "$diff" ]; then
-				echo "Partition layout is changed.  Full image will be written."
-				ask_bool 0 "Abort" && exit
-
-				get_image "$@" | dd of="/dev/$diskdev" bs=4096 conv=fsync
-				return 0
-			fi
-
-			#write uboot image
-			get_image "$@" | dd of="$diskdev" bs=1024 skip=8 seek=8 count=1016 conv=fsync
-			#iterate over each partition from the image and write it to the boot disk
-			while read part start size; do
-				part="$(($part - 2))"
-				if export_partdevice partdev $part; then
-					echo "Writing image to /dev/$partdev..."
-					get_image "$@" | dd of="/dev/$partdev" ibs="$ibs" obs=1M skip="$start" count="$size" conv=fsync
-				else
-					echo "Unable to find partition $part device, skipped."
-				fi
-			done < /tmp/partmap.image
-
-			#copy partition uuid
-			echo "Writing new UUID to /dev/$diskdev..."
-			get_image "$@" | dd of="/dev/$diskdev" bs=1 skip=440 count=4 seek=440 conv=fsync
+	local diskdev partdev diff
+
+	export_bootdevice && export_partdevice diskdev -2 || {
+		echo "Unable to determine upgrade device"
+		return 1
+	}
+
+	sync
+
+	if [ "$SAVE_PARTITIONS" = "1" ]; then
+		get_partitions "/dev/$diskdev" bootdisk
+
+		#extract the boot sector from the image
+		get_image "$@" | dd of=/tmp/image.bs count=1 bs=512b
+
+		get_partitions /tmp/image.bs image
+
+		#compare tables
+		diff="$(grep -F -x -v -f /tmp/partmap.bootdisk /tmp/partmap.image)"
+	else
+		diff=1
+	fi
+
+	if [ -n "$diff" ]; then
+		get_image "$@" | dd of="/dev/$diskdev" bs=4096 conv=fsync
+
+		# Separate removal and addtion is necessary; otherwise, partition 1
+		# will be missing if it overlaps with the old partition 2
+		partx -d - "/dev/$diskdev"
+		partx -a - "/dev/$diskdev"
+
+		return 0
+	fi
+
+	#write uboot image
+	get_image "$@" | dd of="$diskdev" bs=1024 skip=8 seek=8 count=1016 conv=fsync
+	#iterate over each partition from the image and write it to the boot disk
+	while read part start size; do
+		part="$(($part - 2))"
+		if export_partdevice partdev $part; then
+			echo "Writing image to /dev/$partdev..."
+			get_image "$@" | dd of="/dev/$partdev" ibs="512" obs=1M skip="$start" count="$size" conv=fsync
 		else
-			get_image "$@" | dd of="/dev/$diskdev" bs=4096 conv=fsync
+			echo "Unable to find partition $part device, skipped."
 		fi
+	done < /tmp/partmap.image
 
-		sleep 1
-	fi
+	#copy partition uuid
+	echo "Writing new UUID to /dev/$diskdev..."
+	get_image "$@" | dd of="/dev/$diskdev" bs=1 skip=440 count=4 seek=440 conv=fsync
 }
