diff --git a/target/linux/generic/files/drivers/mtd/mtdsplit/mtdsplit_fit.c b/target/linux/generic/files/drivers/mtd/mtdsplit/mtdsplit_fit.c
index 67ee33d085..5cc1658dbd 100644
--- a/target/linux/generic/files/drivers/mtd/mtdsplit/mtdsplit_fit.c
+++ b/target/linux/generic/files/drivers/mtd/mtdsplit/mtdsplit_fit.c
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ mtdsplit_fit_parse(struct mtd_info *mtd,
 		   const struct mtd_partition **pparts,
 	           struct mtd_part_parser_data *data)
 {
+	struct device_node *np = mtd_get_of_node(mtd);
+	const char *cmdline_match = NULL;
 	struct fdt_header hdr;
 	size_t hdr_len, retlen;
 	size_t offset;
@@ -57,6 +59,10 @@ mtdsplit_fit_parse(struct mtd_info *mtd,
 	struct mtd_partition *parts;
 	int ret;
 
+	of_property_read_string(np, "openwrt,cmdline-match", &cmdline_match);
+	if (cmdline_match && !strstr(saved_command_line, cmdline_match))
+		return -ENODEV;
+
 	hdr_len = sizeof(struct fdt_header);
 
 	/* Parse the MTD device & search for the FIT image location */