diff --git a/include/lib/optee_utils.h b/include/lib/optee_utils.h
index 6067caff4..06378ebbd 100644
--- a/include/lib/optee_utils.h
+++ b/include/lib/optee_utils.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2017, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2017-2021, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  */
@@ -7,8 +7,12 @@
 #ifndef OPTEE_UTILS_H
 #define OPTEE_UTILS_H
 
+#include <stdbool.h>
+
 #include <common/bl_common.h>
 
+bool optee_header_is_valid(uintptr_t header_base);
+
 int parse_optee_header(entry_point_info_t *header_ep,
 	image_info_t *pager_image_info,
 	image_info_t *paged_image_info);
diff --git a/lib/optee/optee_utils.c b/lib/optee/optee_utils.c
index 0ad108242..d090b3826 100644
--- a/lib/optee/optee_utils.c
+++ b/lib/optee/optee_utils.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2017-2020, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2017-2021, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  */
@@ -47,25 +47,24 @@ typedef struct optee_header {
 
 /*******************************************************************************
  * Check if it is a valid tee header
- * Return 1 if valid
- * Return 0 if invalid
+ * Return true if valid
+ * Return false if invalid
  ******************************************************************************/
-static inline int tee_validate_header(optee_header_t *header)
+static bool tee_validate_header(optee_header_t *header)
 {
-	int valid = 0;
-
 	if ((header->magic == TEE_MAGIC_NUM_OPTEE) &&
 		(header->version == 2u) &&
 		(header->nb_images > 0u) &&
 		(header->nb_images <= OPTEE_MAX_NUM_IMAGES)) {
-		valid = 1;
+		return true;
 	}
 
-	else {
-		WARN("Not a known TEE, use default loading options.\n");
-	}
+	return false;
+}
 
-	return valid;
+bool optee_header_is_valid(uintptr_t header_base)
+{
+	return tee_validate_header((optee_header_t *)header_base);
 }
 
 /*******************************************************************************