diff --git a/drivers/of/kexec.c b/drivers/of/kexec.c
index 52bb68fb2216..3a07cc58e7d7 100644
--- a/drivers/of/kexec.c
+++ b/drivers/of/kexec.c
@@ -187,8 +187,8 @@ int ima_free_kexec_buffer(void)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	return memblock_free(addr, size);
-
+	memblock_free_late(addr, size);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /**