diff --git a/target/linux/mediatek/files/block/partitions/fit.c b/target/linux/mediatek/files/block/partitions/fit.c
index 91b25e0581e..463cd4e9aba 100644
--- a/target/linux/mediatek/files/block/partitions/fit.c
+++ b/target/linux/mediatek/files/block/partitions/fit.c
@@ -144,6 +144,10 @@ int parse_fit_partitions(struct parsed_partitions *state, u64 fit_start_sector,
 
 	np = of_find_node_by_path("/chosen");
 	if (np) {
+		/* new fitblk driver should take over if /chosen/rootdisk is defined */
+		if (of_get_property(np, "rootdisk", NULL))
+			return 0;
+
 		bootconf_c = of_get_property(np, "u-boot,bootconf", &bootconf_len);
 		if (bootconf_c && bootconf_len)
 			bootconf = kmemdup_nul(bootconf_c, bootconf_len, GFP_KERNEL);