diff --git a/rpi-update b/rpi-update
index 7ee267c..0529299 100755
--- a/rpi-update
+++ b/rpi-update
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ else
 fi
 WORK_PATH=${WORK_PATH:-"${ROOT_PATH}/root"}
 SKIP_KERNEL=${SKIP_KERNEL:-}
-SKIP_BOOTLOADER=${SKIP_BOOTLOADER:-1}
+SKIP_BOOTLOADER=${SKIP_BOOTLOADER:-0}
 SKIP_FIRMWARE=${SKIP_FIRMWARE:-0}
 SKIP_SDK=${SKIP_SDK:-0}
 SKIP_VCLIBS=${SKIP_VCLIBS:-0}