diff --git a/meta-ti-bsp/conf/machine/include/am62pxx.inc b/meta-ti-bsp/conf/machine/include/am62pxx.inc
index 6bf20ee43236..82ab22a5b751 100644
--- a/meta-ti-bsp/conf/machine/include/am62pxx.inc
+++ b/meta-ti-bsp/conf/machine/include/am62pxx.inc
@@ -16,5 +16,7 @@ MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS += "cnm-wave-fw"
 
 SERIAL_CONSOLES = "115200;ttyS2"
 
-# Bitmap image tarball for early splashscreen
-IMAGE_BOOT_FILES += "ti_logo_414x97_32bpp.bmp.gz"
+# Bitmap image tarball for early splashscreen. Only u-boot-ti's own do_deploy
+# installs this file, so skip requiring it when a different bootloader
+# recipe is selected (e.g. via PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/bootloader).
+IMAGE_BOOT_FILES += "${@ 'ti_logo_414x97_32bpp.bmp.gz' if (d.getVar('PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/bootloader') or '').startswith('u-boot-ti') else ''}"
diff --git a/meta-ti-bsp/conf/machine/include/am62xx.inc b/meta-ti-bsp/conf/machine/include/am62xx.inc
index fc20893bf1a2..14256b4ab5c7 100644
--- a/meta-ti-bsp/conf/machine/include/am62xx.inc
+++ b/meta-ti-bsp/conf/machine/include/am62xx.inc
@@ -8,8 +8,10 @@ MACHINE_FEATURES += "screen"
 require conf/machine/include/mesa-pvr.inc
 PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/gpudriver ?= "${BSP_ROGUE_DRIVER_PROVIDER}"
 
-# Bitmap image tarball for early splashscreen
-IMAGE_BOOT_FILES += "ti_logo_414x97_32bpp.bmp.gz"
+# Bitmap image tarball for early splashscreen. Only u-boot-ti's own do_deploy
+# installs this file, so skip requiring it when a different bootloader
+# recipe is selected (e.g. via PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/bootloader).
+IMAGE_BOOT_FILES += "${@ 'ti_logo_414x97_32bpp.bmp.gz' if (d.getVar('PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/bootloader') or '').startswith('u-boot-ti') else ''}"
 
 TFA_BOARD = "lite"
 
diff --git a/meta-ti-bsp/conf/machine/include/k3.inc b/meta-ti-bsp/conf/machine/include/k3.inc
index 2ebbfb9e54f8..e3ec36e1c5c7 100644
--- a/meta-ti-bsp/conf/machine/include/k3.inc
+++ b/meta-ti-bsp/conf/machine/include/k3.inc
@@ -46,7 +46,13 @@ MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS += "ti-pka-fw"
 
 IMAGE_FSTYPES += "tar.xz wic.xz wic.bmap"
 
-IMAGE_BOOT_FILES += "${SPL_BINARYNAME} u-boot.${UBOOT_SUFFIX} tiboot3.bin tiboot3-*-evm.bin"
+IMAGE_BOOT_FILES += "${SPL_BINARYNAME} u-boot.${UBOOT_SUFFIX} tiboot3.bin"
+# tiboot3-*-evm.bin is the naming scheme u-boot-ti's own do_deploy uses for
+# the reference EVM defconfigs; a downstream bootloader recipe built from a
+# custom defconfig (e.g. via PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/bootloader) deploys
+# tiboot3 binaries under its own naming instead, so only require this glob
+# when the resolved bootloader provider actually produces it.
+IMAGE_BOOT_FILES += "${@ 'tiboot3-*-evm.bin' if (d.getVar('PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/bootloader') or '').startswith('u-boot-ti') else ''}"
 IMAGE_EFI_BOOT_FILES ?= "${IMAGE_BOOT_FILES}"
 
 EFI_PROVIDER ?= "grub-efi"