diff --git a/cmd/gpt.c b/cmd/gpt.c
index efaf1bcecb..b94f0051cd 100644
--- a/cmd/gpt.c
+++ b/cmd/gpt.c
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ static void print_gpt_info(void)
 		printf("Block size %lu, name %s\n", curr->gpt_part_info.blksz,
 		       curr->gpt_part_info.name);
 		printf("Type %s, bootable %d\n", curr->gpt_part_info.type,
-		       curr->gpt_part_info.bootable);
+		       curr->gpt_part_info.bootable & PART_BOOTABLE);
 #ifdef CONFIG_PARTITION_UUIDS
 		printf("UUID %s\n", curr->gpt_part_info.uuid);
 #endif
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ static int set_gpt_info(struct blk_desc *dev_desc,

 		/* bootable */
 		if (found_key(tok, "bootable"))
-			parts[i].bootable = 1;
+			parts[i].bootable = PART_BOOTABLE;
 	}

 	*parts_count = p_count;
diff --git a/disk/part_dos.c b/disk/part_dos.c
index 83ff40d310..813379f851 100644
--- a/disk/part_dos.c
+++ b/disk/part_dos.c
@@ -45,9 +45,15 @@ static inline int is_extended(int part_type)
 	    part_type == 0x85);
 }

-static inline int is_bootable(dos_partition_t *p)
+static int get_bootable(dos_partition_t *p)
 {
-	return (p->sys_ind == 0xef) || (p->boot_ind == 0x80);
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	if (p->sys_ind == 0xef)
+		ret |= PART_EFI_SYSTEM_PARTITION;
+	if (p->boot_ind == 0x80)
+		ret |= PART_BOOTABLE;
+	return ret;
 }

 static void print_one_part(dos_partition_t *p, lbaint_t ext_part_sector,
@@ -60,7 +66,7 @@ static void print_one_part(dos_partition_t *p, lbaint_t ext_part_sector,
 		"u\t%08x-%02x\t%02x%s%s\n",
 		part_num, lba_start, lba_size, disksig, part_num, p->sys_ind,
 		(is_extended(p->sys_ind) ? " Extd" : ""),
-		(is_bootable(p) ? " Boot" : ""));
+		(get_bootable(p) ? " Boot" : ""));
 }

 static int test_block_type(unsigned char *buffer)
@@ -258,7 +264,7 @@ static int part_get_info_extended(struct blk_desc *dev_desc,
 					      (char *)info->name);
 			/* sprintf(info->type, "%d, pt->sys_ind); */
 			strcpy((char *)info->type, "U-Boot");
-			info->bootable = is_bootable(pt);
+			info->bootable = get_bootable(pt);
 #if CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(PARTITION_UUIDS)
 			sprintf(info->uuid, "%08x-%02x", disksig, part_num);
 #endif
diff --git a/disk/part_efi.c b/disk/part_efi.c
index b2e157d9c1..83876a7bd9 100644
--- a/disk/part_efi.c
+++ b/disk/part_efi.c
@@ -71,11 +71,15 @@ static char *print_efiname(gpt_entry *pte)

 static const efi_guid_t system_guid = PARTITION_SYSTEM_GUID;

-static inline int is_bootable(gpt_entry *p)
+static int get_bootable(gpt_entry *p)
 {
-	return p->attributes.fields.legacy_bios_bootable ||
-		!memcmp(&(p->partition_type_guid), &system_guid,
-			sizeof(efi_guid_t));
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	if (!memcmp(&p->partition_type_guid, &system_guid, sizeof(efi_guid_t)))
+		ret |=  PART_EFI_SYSTEM_PARTITION;
+	if (p->attributes.fields.legacy_bios_bootable)
+		ret |=  PART_BOOTABLE;
+	return ret;
 }

 static int validate_gpt_header(gpt_header *gpt_h, lbaint_t lba,
@@ -286,7 +290,7 @@ int part_get_info_efi(struct blk_desc *dev_desc, int part,
 	snprintf((char *)info->name, sizeof(info->name), "%s",
 		 print_efiname(&gpt_pte[part - 1]));
 	strcpy((char *)info->type, "U-Boot");
-	info->bootable = is_bootable(&gpt_pte[part - 1]);
+	info->bootable = get_bootable(&gpt_pte[part - 1]);
 #if CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(PARTITION_UUIDS)
 	uuid_bin_to_str(gpt_pte[part - 1].unique_partition_guid.b, info->uuid,
 			UUID_STR_FORMAT_GUID);
@@ -501,7 +505,7 @@ int gpt_fill_pte(struct blk_desc *dev_desc,
 		memset(&gpt_e[i].attributes, 0,
 		       sizeof(gpt_entry_attributes));

-		if (partitions[i].bootable)
+		if (partitions[i].bootable & PART_BOOTABLE)
 			gpt_e[i].attributes.fields.legacy_bios_bootable = 1;

 		/* partition name */
diff --git a/include/part.h b/include/part.h
index 0b5cf3d5e8..3693527397 100644
--- a/include/part.h
+++ b/include/part.h
@@ -51,13 +51,22 @@ struct block_drvr {
 #define PART_TYPE_LEN 32
 #define MAX_SEARCH_PARTITIONS 64

+#define PART_BOOTABLE			((int)BIT(0))
+#define PART_EFI_SYSTEM_PARTITION	((int)BIT(1))
+
 typedef struct disk_partition {
 	lbaint_t	start;	/* # of first block in partition	*/
 	lbaint_t	size;	/* number of blocks in partition	*/
 	ulong	blksz;		/* block size in bytes			*/
 	uchar	name[PART_NAME_LEN];	/* partition name			*/
 	uchar	type[PART_TYPE_LEN];	/* string type description		*/
-	int	bootable;	/* Active/Bootable flag is set		*/
+	/*
+	 * The bootable is a bitmask with the following fields:
+	 *
+	 * PART_BOOTABLE		the MBR bootable flag is set
+	 * PART_EFI_SYSTEM_PARTITION	the partition is an EFI system partition
+	 */
+	int	bootable;
 #if CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(PARTITION_UUIDS)
 	char	uuid[UUID_STR_LEN + 1];	/* filesystem UUID as string, if exists	*/
 #endif
