diff --git a/u-boot/common/cmd_bootcycle.c b/u-boot/common/cmd_bootcycle.c
index 368afc081b..323daa5803 100644
--- a/u-boot/common/cmd_bootcycle.c
+++ b/u-boot/common/cmd_bootcycle.c
@@ -82,6 +82,17 @@ int do_inccycle(cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char *argv[]) {
 /* report failure when we need to go to rescue */
 int do_checkcycle(cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char *argv[])
 {
+  uint32_t threshold = MAX_REBOOTS;
+
+  if (argc == 2) {
+    int given_threshold = (int)simple_strtol(argv[1], NULL, 10);
+    if (given_threshold > 0) {
+      threshold = given_threshold;
+    } else {
+      printf("Ignoring invalid argument %s\n", argv[1]);
+    }
+  }
+
   struct sram_boot_cycle *sram = (void *) SRAM_BOOT_CYCLE;
   /* when called we should ever have a valid boot cycle entry
    * if it's invalid we have most likely a broken bootloader or hw? */
@@ -100,8 +111,8 @@ int do_checkcycle(cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char *argv[])
 }
 
 U_BOOT_CMD(
-	checkcycle,	1,	0,	do_checkcycle,
-	"checkcycle - check if we need to boot rescue system\n",
+	checkcycle,	2,	0,	do_checkcycle,
+	"checkcycle [max_reboots] - check if maximum reboots reached.\n",
 	NULL
 );