diff --git a/common/spl/spl_fit.c b/common/spl/spl_fit.c
index 069e94d529..be86072c24 100644
--- a/common/spl/spl_fit.c
+++ b/common/spl/spl_fit.c
@@ -115,8 +115,10 @@ static int get_aligned_image_overhead(struct spl_load_info *info, int offset)
 static int get_aligned_image_size(struct spl_load_info *info, int data_size,
 				  int offset)
 {
+	data_size = data_size + get_aligned_image_overhead(info, offset);
+
 	if (info->filename)
-		return data_size + get_aligned_image_overhead(info, offset);
+		return data_size;
 
 	return (data_size + info->bl_len - 1) / info->bl_len;
 }