diff --git a/include/efi_loader.h b/include/efi_loader.h
index 47a51ddc9406..3f51116155ad 100644
--- a/include/efi_loader.h
+++ b/include/efi_loader.h
@@ -564,8 +564,9 @@ struct efi_load_option {
 
 void efi_deserialize_load_option(struct efi_load_option *lo, u8 *data);
 unsigned long efi_serialize_load_option(struct efi_load_option *lo, u8 **data);
-void *efi_bootmgr_load(struct efi_device_path **device_path,
-		       struct efi_device_path **file_path);
+efi_status_t efi_bootmgr_load(struct efi_device_path **device_path,
+			      struct efi_device_path **file_path,
+			      void **image, efi_uintn_t *size);
 
 #else /* CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(EFI_LOADER) */
 
diff --git a/lib/efi_loader/efi_bootmgr.c b/lib/efi_loader/efi_bootmgr.c
index 1575c5c09e46..38f3fa15f6ef 100644
--- a/lib/efi_loader/efi_bootmgr.c
+++ b/lib/efi_loader/efi_bootmgr.c
@@ -120,14 +120,17 @@ static void *get_var(u16 *name, const efi_guid_t *vendor,
  * if successful.  This checks that the EFI_LOAD_OPTION is active (enabled)
  * and that the specified file to boot exists.
  */
-static void *try_load_entry(uint16_t n, struct efi_device_path **device_path,
-			    struct efi_device_path **file_path)
+static efi_status_t try_load_entry(u16 n,
+				   struct efi_device_path **device_path,
+				   struct efi_device_path **file_path,
+				   void **image, efi_uintn_t *image_size)
 {
 	struct efi_load_option lo;
 	u16 varname[] = L"Boot0000";
 	u16 hexmap[] = L"0123456789ABCDEF";
-	void *load_option, *image = NULL;
+	void *load_option;
 	efi_uintn_t size;
+	efi_status_t ret;
 
 	varname[4] = hexmap[(n & 0xf000) >> 12];
 	varname[5] = hexmap[(n & 0x0f00) >> 8];
@@ -136,18 +139,17 @@ static void *try_load_entry(uint16_t n, struct efi_device_path **device_path,
 
 	load_option = get_var(varname, &efi_global_variable_guid, &size);
 	if (!load_option)
-		return NULL;
+		return EFI_LOAD_ERROR;
 
 	efi_deserialize_load_option(&lo, load_option);
 
 	if (lo.attributes & LOAD_OPTION_ACTIVE) {
 		u32 attributes;
-		efi_status_t ret;
 
 		debug("%s: trying to load \"%ls\" from %pD\n",
 		      __func__, lo.label, lo.file_path);
 
-		ret = efi_load_image_from_path(lo.file_path, &image, &size);
+		ret = efi_load_image_from_path(lo.file_path, image, image_size);
 
 		if (ret != EFI_SUCCESS)
 			goto error;
@@ -164,12 +166,14 @@ static void *try_load_entry(uint16_t n, struct efi_device_path **device_path,
 
 		printf("Booting: %ls\n", lo.label);
 		efi_dp_split_file_path(lo.file_path, device_path, file_path);
+	} else {
+		ret = EFI_LOAD_ERROR;
 	}
 
 error:
 	free(load_option);
 
-	return image;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -177,12 +181,12 @@ error:
  * EFI variable, the available load-options, finding and returning
  * the first one that can be loaded successfully.
  */
-void *efi_bootmgr_load(struct efi_device_path **device_path,
-		       struct efi_device_path **file_path)
+efi_status_t efi_bootmgr_load(struct efi_device_path **device_path,
+			      struct efi_device_path **file_path,
+			      void **image, efi_uintn_t *image_size)
 {
 	u16 bootnext, *bootorder;
 	efi_uintn_t size;
-	void *image = NULL;
 	int i, num;
 	efi_status_t ret;
 
@@ -201,9 +205,9 @@ void *efi_bootmgr_load(struct efi_device_path **device_path,
 					(efi_guid_t *)&efi_global_variable_guid,
 					0, 0, &bootnext));
 		if (ret == EFI_SUCCESS) {
-			image = try_load_entry(bootnext,
-					       device_path, file_path);
-			if (image)
+			ret = try_load_entry(bootnext, device_path, file_path,
+					     image, image_size);
+			if (ret == EFI_SUCCESS)
 				goto error;
 		}
 	}
@@ -212,19 +216,22 @@ void *efi_bootmgr_load(struct efi_device_path **device_path,
 	bootorder = get_var(L"BootOrder", &efi_global_variable_guid, &size);
 	if (!bootorder) {
 		printf("BootOrder not defined\n");
+		ret = EFI_NOT_FOUND;
 		goto error;
 	}
 
 	num = size / sizeof(uint16_t);
 	for (i = 0; i < num; i++) {
-		debug("%s: trying to load Boot%04X\n", __func__, bootorder[i]);
-		image = try_load_entry(bootorder[i], device_path, file_path);
-		if (image)
+		debug("%s: trying to load Boot%04X\n", __func__,
+		      bootorder[i]);
+		ret = try_load_entry(bootorder[i], device_path, file_path,
+				     image, image_size);
+		if (ret == EFI_SUCCESS)
 			break;
 	}
 
 	free(bootorder);
 
 error:
-	return image;
+	return ret;
 }
