diff --git a/cmd/mvebu/bubt.c b/cmd/mvebu/bubt.c
index ca24a5c1c4..744b1c20aa 100644
--- a/cmd/mvebu/bubt.c
+++ b/cmd/mvebu/bubt.c
@@ -240,9 +240,16 @@ static int mmc_burn_image(size_t image_size)
 #endif
 
 	/* SD reserves LBA-0 for MBR and boots from LBA-1,
-	 * MMC/eMMC boots from LBA-0
+	 * MMC/eMMC boots from LBA-0 and LBA-4096
 	 */
-	start_lba = IS_SD(mmc) ? 1 : 0;
+	if (IS_SD(mmc))
+		start_lba = 1;
+#ifdef CONFIG_SUPPORT_EMMC_BOOT
+	else if (part)
+		start_lba = 0;
+#endif
+	else
+		start_lba = 4096;
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLK
 	blk_count = image_size / mmc->write_bl_len;
 	if (image_size % mmc->write_bl_len)