diff --git a/common/spl/spl.c b/common/spl/spl.c
index d2e23bf2d80a0f0660759fb31745c97c3923f7a7..9890a889abd809c830529146ce35968e39c77365 100644
--- a/common/spl/spl.c
+++ b/common/spl/spl.c
@@ -401,10 +401,6 @@ static int spl_load_image(u32 boot_device)
 		return spl_net_load_image(&bootdev);
 #endif
 #endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_SPL_SATA_SUPPORT
-	case BOOT_DEVICE_SATA:
-		return spl_sata_load_image(&bootdev);
-#endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_SPL_BOARD_LOAD_IMAGE
 	case BOOT_DEVICE_BOARD:
 		return spl_board_load_image(&bootdev);
diff --git a/common/spl/spl_sata.c b/common/spl/spl_sata.c
index 77fd73c9893d2df12edc686178d5d295ac389440..1a21c051a10b38c8f08e53142f464cd26c610b36 100644
--- a/common/spl/spl_sata.c
+++ b/common/spl/spl_sata.c
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
 
-int spl_sata_load_image(struct spl_boot_device *bootdev)
+static int spl_sata_load_image(struct spl_boot_device *bootdev)
 {
 	int err;
 	struct blk_desc *stor_dev;
@@ -53,3 +53,4 @@ int spl_sata_load_image(struct spl_boot_device *bootdev)
 
 	return 0;
 }
+SPL_LOAD_IMAGE_METHOD(0, BOOT_DEVICE_SATA, spl_sata_load_image);
diff --git a/include/spl.h b/include/spl.h
index 7270cc21ae7df1c112670f7f0145c4215e04f8ea..2d0e128712934214a9a6b24b3ba3abfc9a9e141d 100644
--- a/include/spl.h
+++ b/include/spl.h
@@ -187,9 +187,6 @@ int spl_spi_load_image(struct spl_boot_device *bootdev);
 /* Ethernet SPL functions */
 int spl_net_load_image(struct spl_boot_device *bootdev);
 
-/* SATA SPL functions */
-int spl_sata_load_image(struct spl_boot_device *bootdev);
-
 /* SPL FAT image functions */
 int spl_load_image_fat(struct blk_desc *block_dev, int partition,
 		       const char *filename);