diff --git a/cmd/booti.c b/cmd/booti.c
index 2d879f39f5..bff87a8acc 100644
--- a/cmd/booti.c
+++ b/cmd/booti.c
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ int do_booti(cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char * const argv[])
 	bootm_disable_interrupts();
 
 	images.os.os = IH_OS_LINUX;
+	images.os.arch = IH_ARCH_ARM64;
 	ret = do_bootm_states(cmdtp, flag, argc, argv,
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_RAMDISK_HIGH
 			      BOOTM_STATE_RAMDISK |