diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/kexec_elf.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/kexec_elf.c
index 3e9a32acb8f219..ca5abbad59e541 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/kexec_elf.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/kexec_elf.c
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ static int elf_find_pbase(struct kimage *image, unsigned long kernel_len,
 	kbuf.memsz = ALIGN(kernel_len, PAGE_SIZE);
 	kbuf.cma = NULL;
 	kbuf.top_down = false;
-	ret = arch_kexec_locate_mem_hole(&kbuf);
+	ret = kexec_locate_mem_hole(&kbuf);
 	if (!ret) {
 		*old_pbase = lowest_paddr;
 		*new_pbase = kbuf.mem;
diff --git a/include/linux/kexec.h b/include/linux/kexec.h
index 0af8ae4fdd087b..e5f1cfc11fefbd 100644
--- a/include/linux/kexec.h
+++ b/include/linux/kexec.h
@@ -259,21 +259,6 @@ int kexec_kernel_verify_pe_sig(const char *kernel, unsigned long kernel_len);
 extern int kexec_add_buffer(struct kexec_buf *kbuf);
 int kexec_locate_mem_hole(struct kexec_buf *kbuf);
 
-#ifndef arch_kexec_locate_mem_hole
-/**
- * arch_kexec_locate_mem_hole - Find free memory to place the segments.
- * @kbuf:                       Parameters for the memory search.
- *
- * On success, kbuf->mem will have the start address of the memory region found.
- *
- * Return: 0 on success, negative errno on error.
- */
-static inline int arch_kexec_locate_mem_hole(struct kexec_buf *kbuf)
-{
-	return kexec_locate_mem_hole(kbuf);
-}
-#endif
-
 #ifndef arch_kexec_apply_relocations_add
 /*
  * arch_kexec_apply_relocations_add - apply relocations of type RELA
diff --git a/kernel/kexec_file.c b/kernel/kexec_file.c
index 59fb9d71e9d862..9a981359addd99 100644
--- a/kernel/kexec_file.c
+++ b/kernel/kexec_file.c
@@ -784,7 +784,7 @@ int kexec_add_buffer(struct kexec_buf *kbuf)
 	kbuf->cma = NULL;
 
 	/* Walk the RAM ranges and allocate a suitable range for the buffer */
-	ret = arch_kexec_locate_mem_hole(kbuf);
+	ret = kexec_locate_mem_hole(kbuf);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;