diff --git a/target/linux/mvebu/base-files/lib/upgrade/sdcard.sh b/target/linux/mvebu/base-files/lib/upgrade/sdcard.sh
index 43fc2504fc..5ca5e71fe7 100644
--- a/target/linux/mvebu/base-files/lib/upgrade/sdcard.sh
+++ b/target/linux/mvebu/base-files/lib/upgrade/sdcard.sh
@@ -70,26 +70,24 @@ platform_do_upgrade_sdcard() {
 		# will be missing if it overlaps with the old partition 2
 		partx -d - "/dev/$diskdev"
 		partx -a - "/dev/$diskdev"
+	else
+		#write uboot image
+		get_image "$@" | dd of="$diskdev" bs=512 skip=1 seek=1 count=2048 conv=fsync
+		#iterate over each partition from the image and write it to the boot disk
+		while read part start size; do
+			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
+				echo "Unable to find partition $part device, skipped."
+			fi
+		done < /tmp/partmap.image
 
-		return 0
+		#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
 	fi
 
-	#write uboot image
-	get_image "$@" | dd of="$diskdev" bs=512 skip=1 seek=1 count=2048 conv=fsync
-	#iterate over each partition from the image and write it to the boot disk
-	while read part start size; do
-		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
-			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
-
 	case "$board" in
 	cznic,turris-omnia)
 		fw_setenv openwrt_bootargs 'earlyprintk console=ttyS0,115200 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rootfstype=auto rootwait'