diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-rockchip/spl-boot-order.c b/arch/arm/mach-rockchip/spl-boot-order.c
index 0bb9a73..843998d 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-rockchip/spl-boot-order.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-rockchip/spl-boot-order.c
@@ -76,6 +76,24 @@ static int spl_node_to_boot_device(int node)
 	return -1;
 }
 
+/**
+ * board_spl_was_booted_from() - retrieves the of-path the SPL was loaded from
+ *
+ * To support a 'same-as-spl' specification in the search-order for the next
+ * stage, we need a SoC- or board-specific way to handshake with what 'came
+ * before us' (either a BROM or TPL stage) and map the info retrieved onto
+ * a OF path.
+ *
+ * Returns
+ *   NULL, on failure or if the device could not be identified
+ *   a of_path (a string), on success
+ */
+__weak const char *board_spl_was_booted_from(void)
+{
+	debug("%s: no support for 'same-as-spl' for this board\n", __func__);
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 void board_boot_order(u32 *spl_boot_list)
 {
 	const void *blob = gd->fdt_blob;
@@ -97,8 +115,17 @@ void board_boot_order(u32 *spl_boot_list)
 	     (conf = fdt_stringlist_get(blob, chosen_node,
 					"u-boot,spl-boot-order", elem, NULL));
 	     elem++) {
+		const char *alias;
+
+		/* Handle the case of 'same device the SPL was loaded from' */
+		if (strncmp(conf, "same-as-spl", 11) == 0) {
+			conf = board_spl_was_booted_from();
+			if (!conf)
+				continue;
+		}
+
 		/* First check if the list element is an alias */
-		const char *alias = fdt_get_alias(blob, conf);
+		alias = fdt_get_alias(blob, conf);
 		if (alias)
 			conf = alias;
 
diff --git a/doc/device-tree-bindings/chosen.txt b/doc/device-tree-bindings/chosen.txt
index 5625d21..c96b8f7 100644
--- a/doc/device-tree-bindings/chosen.txt
+++ b/doc/device-tree-bindings/chosen.txt
@@ -56,10 +56,20 @@ Each list element of the property should specify a device to be probed
 in the order they are listed: references (i.e. implicit paths), a full
 path or an alias is expected for each entry.
 
+A special specifier "same-as-spl" can be used at any position in the
+boot-order to direct U-Boot to insert the device the SPL was booted
+from there.  Whether this is indeed inserted or silently ignored (if
+it is not supported on any given SoC/board or if the boot-device is
+not available to continue booting from) is implementation-defined.
+Note that if "same-as-spl" expands to an actual node for a given
+board, the corresponding node may appear multiple times in the
+boot-order (as there currently exists no mechanism to suppress
+duplicates from the list).
+
 Example
 -------
 / {
 	chosen {
-		u-boot,spl-boot-order = &sdmmc, "/sdhci@fe330000";
+		u-boot,spl-boot-order = "same-as-spl", &sdmmc, "/sdhci@fe330000";
 	};
 };