diff --git a/include/configs/am335x_evm.h b/include/configs/am335x_evm.h
index fc8a08f..0cfcec2 100644
--- a/include/configs/am335x_evm.h
+++ b/include/configs/am335x_evm.h
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
 	DEFAULT_FIT_TI_ARGS \
 	"bootpart=0:2\0" \
 	"bootdir=/boot\0" \
-	"bootfile=zImage\0" \
+	"bootfile=kernel\0" \
 	"fdtfile=undefined\0" \
 	"console=ttyO0,115200n8\0" \
 	"partitions=" \