diff --git a/drivers/of/kexec.c b/drivers/of/kexec.c
index d8231c34e873d75fcf52ac740b45a7bd82a69dc8..2d1fd5587123c8e148d0ece4e7d7f27517825234 100644
--- a/drivers/of/kexec.c
+++ b/drivers/of/kexec.c
@@ -178,7 +178,8 @@ int ima_free_kexec_buffer(void)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	return memblock_free(addr, size);
+	memblock_free_late(addr, size);
+	return 0;
 
 }