diff --git a/boot/image-fit.c b/boot/image-fit.c
index 0205637ed16..c42b22ab02b 100644
--- a/boot/image-fit.c
+++ b/boot/image-fit.c
@@ -1756,7 +1756,7 @@ int fit_conf_find_compat(const void *fit, const void *fdt)
 			continue;
 
 		/* If there's a compat property in the config node, use that. */
-		if (fdt_getprop(fit, noffset, "compatible", NULL)) {
+		if (fdt_getprop(fit, noffset, FIT_COMPAT_PROP, NULL)) {
 			fdt = fit;		  /* search in FIT image */
 			compat_noffset = noffset; /* search under config node */
 		} else {	/* Otherwise extract it from the kernel FDT. */
diff --git a/include/image.h b/include/image.h
index 9a1c828416d..8dcf0cea25f 100644
--- a/include/image.h
+++ b/include/image.h
@@ -1105,6 +1105,7 @@ int booti_setup(ulong image, ulong *relocated_addr, ulong *size,
 #define FIT_SCRIPT_PROP		"script"
 #define FIT_PHASE_PROP		"phase"
 #define FIT_TFA_BL31_PROP	"tfa-bl31"
+#define FIT_COMPAT_PROP		"compatible"
 
 #define FIT_MAX_HASH_LEN	HASH_MAX_DIGEST_SIZE