diff --git a/disk/part_efi.c b/disk/part_efi.c
index 4033b3e802..dfbef58555 100644
--- a/disk/part_efi.c
+++ b/disk/part_efi.c
@@ -429,6 +429,7 @@ static int part_efi_repair(struct blk_desc *dev_desc, gpt_entry *gpt_pte,
 static int part_test_efi(struct blk_desc *dev_desc)
 {
 	ALLOC_CACHE_ALIGN_BUFFER_PAD(legacy_mbr, legacymbr, 1, dev_desc->blksz);
+	int ret = 0;
 
 	/* Read legacy MBR from block 0 and validate it */
 	if ((blk_dread(dev_desc, 0, 1, (ulong *)legacymbr) != 1)
@@ -460,7 +461,10 @@ static int part_test_efi(struct blk_desc *dev_desc)
 		if (part_efi_repair(dev_desc, b_gpt_pte, b_gpt_head,
 				    head_gpt_valid, backup_gpt_valid))
 			printf("Primary GPT repair fail!\n");
+	} else if (head_gpt_valid == 0 && backup_gpt_valid == 0) {
+		ret = -1;
 	}
+
 	free(h_gpt_pte);
 	h_gpt_pte = NULL;
 	free(h_gpt_head);
@@ -470,7 +474,7 @@ static int part_test_efi(struct blk_desc *dev_desc)
 	free(b_gpt_head);
 	b_gpt_head = NULL;
 #endif
-	return 0;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1044,6 +1048,17 @@ static int is_pmbr_valid(legacy_mbr * mbr)
 	if (!mbr || le16_to_cpu(mbr->signature) != MSDOS_MBR_SIGNATURE)
 		return 0;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_ROCKCHIP
+	/*
+	 * In sd-update card, we use RKPARM partition in bootloader to load
+	 * firmware, and use MS-DOS partition in recovery to update system.
+	 * Now, we want to use gpt in bootloader and abandon the RKPARM
+	 * partition. So in new sd-update card, we write the MS-DOS partition
+	 * table and gpt to sd card. Then we must return 1 directly when test
+	 * the mbr sector otherwise the gpt is unavailable.
+	 */
+	return 1;
+#endif
 	for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
 		if (pmbr_part_valid(&mbr->partition_record[i])) {
 			return 1;