diff --git a/stand/efi/fdt/efi_fdt.c b/stand/efi/fdt/efi_fdt.c
index 5fcb6ad1588b..42d70a2c330b 100644
--- a/stand/efi/fdt/efi_fdt.c
+++ b/stand/efi/fdt/efi_fdt.c
@@ -53,12 +53,7 @@ fdt_platform_load_dtb(void)
 		return (1);
 	printf("Using DTB provided by EFI at %p.\n", hdr);
 
-	s = getenv("fdt_overlays");
-	if (s != NULL && *s != '\0') {
-		printf("Loading DTB overlays: '%s'\n", s);
-		fdt_load_dtb_overlays(s);
-	}
-
+	fdt_load_dtb_overlays(NULL);
 	return (0);
 }
 
diff --git a/stand/fdt/fdt_loader_cmd.c b/stand/fdt/fdt_loader_cmd.c
index 8b0a699eeabb..3daf34c03acf 100644
--- a/stand/fdt/fdt_loader_cmd.c
+++ b/stand/fdt/fdt_loader_cmd.c
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ static int fdt_load_dtb(vm_offset_t va);
 static void fdt_print_overlay_load_error(int err, const char *filename);
 
 static int fdt_cmd_nyi(int argc, char *argv[]);
+static int fdt_load_dtb_overlays_string(const char * filenames);
 
 static int fdt_cmd_addr(int argc, char *argv[]);
 static int fdt_cmd_mkprop(int argc, char *argv[]);
@@ -331,15 +332,15 @@ fdt_print_overlay_load_error(int err, const char *filename)
 	}
 }
 
-int
-fdt_load_dtb_overlays(const char * filenames)
+static int
+fdt_load_dtb_overlays_string(const char * filenames)
 {
 	char *names;
 	char *name, *name_ext;
 	char *comaptr;
 	int err, namesz;
 
-	debugf("fdt_load_dtb_overlay(%s)\n", filenames);
+	debugf("fdt_load_dtb_overlays_string(%s)\n", filenames);
 
 	names = strdup(filenames);
 	if (names == NULL)
@@ -832,6 +833,25 @@ fdt_fixup_stdout(const char *str)
 	}
 }
 
+void
+fdt_load_dtb_overlays(const char *extras)
+{
+	const char *s;
+
+	/* Any extra overlays supplied by pre-loader environment */
+	if (extras != NULL && *extras != '\0') {
+		printf("Loading DTB overlays: '%s'\n", extras);
+		fdt_load_dtb_overlays_string(extras);
+	}
+
+	/* Any overlays supplied by loader environment */
+	s = getenv("fdt_overlays");
+	if (s != NULL && *s != '\0') {
+		printf("Loading DTB overlays: '%s'\n", s);
+		fdt_load_dtb_overlays_string(s);
+	}
+}
+
 /*
  * Locate the blob, fix it up and return its location.
  */
diff --git a/stand/fdt/fdt_platform.h b/stand/fdt/fdt_platform.h
index eae940aab030..8930340053c4 100644
--- a/stand/fdt/fdt_platform.h
+++ b/stand/fdt/fdt_platform.h
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ void fdt_fixup_stdout(const char *);
 void fdt_apply_overlays(void);
 int fdt_load_dtb_addr(struct fdt_header *);
 int fdt_load_dtb_file(const char *);
-int fdt_load_dtb_overlays(const char *);
+void fdt_load_dtb_overlays(const char *);
 int fdt_setup_fdtp(void);
 
 /* The platform library needs to implement these functions */
diff --git a/stand/uboot/fdt/uboot_fdt.c b/stand/uboot/fdt/uboot_fdt.c
index 5d7581d699c4..aed7885e961c 100644
--- a/stand/uboot/fdt/uboot_fdt.c
+++ b/stand/uboot/fdt/uboot_fdt.c
@@ -89,16 +89,8 @@ fdt_platform_load_dtb(void)
 	}
 
 exit:
-	if (rv == 0) {
-		s = getenv("fdt_overlays");
-		if (s == NULL)
-			s = ub_env_get("fdt_overlays");
-		if (s != NULL && *s != '\0') {
-			printf("Loading DTB overlays: '%s'\n", s);
-			fdt_load_dtb_overlays(s);
-		}
-	}
-
+	if (rv == 0)
+		fdt_load_dtb_overlays(ub_env_get("fdt_overlays"));
 	return (rv);
 }