diff --git a/kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover.c b/kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover.c
index e7451743b87e..5c35c11c273b 100644
--- a/kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover.c
+++ b/kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover.c
@@ -512,19 +512,24 @@ static int __init kho_preserved_memory_reserve(unsigned long key)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/* Returns physical address of the preserved memory map from FDT */
-static phys_addr_t __init kho_get_mem_map_phys(const void *fdt)
+/* Returns virtual address of the preserved memory map from FDT */
+static __init void *kho_get_mem_map(const void *fdt)
 {
 	const void *mem_ptr;
+	phys_addr_t mem_map_phys;
 	int len;
 
 	mem_ptr = fdt_getprop(fdt, 0, KHO_FDT_MEMORY_MAP_PROP_NAME, &len);
 	if (!mem_ptr || len != sizeof(u64)) {
 		pr_err("failed to get preserved memory map\n");
-		return 0;
+		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	return get_unaligned((const u64 *)mem_ptr);
+	mem_map_phys = get_unaligned((const u64 *)mem_ptr);
+	if (!mem_map_phys)
+		return NULL;
+
+	return phys_to_virt(mem_map_phys);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1647,9 +1652,8 @@ void __init kho_populate(phys_addr_t fdt_phys, u64 fdt_len,
 {
 	unsigned int scratch_cnt = scratch_len / sizeof(*kho_scratch);
 	struct kho_scratch *scratch = NULL;
-	phys_addr_t mem_map_phys;
-	void *fdt = NULL;
 	bool populated = false;
+	void *fdt = NULL;
 	int err;
 
 	/* Validate the input FDT */
@@ -1671,8 +1675,13 @@ void __init kho_populate(phys_addr_t fdt_phys, u64 fdt_len,
 		goto unmap_fdt;
 	}
 
-	mem_map_phys = kho_get_mem_map_phys(fdt);
-	if (!mem_map_phys)
+	/*
+	 * At this point phys_to_virt() doesn't work properly and so
+	 * kho_get_mem_map() can return a pre-KASLR virtual address. But here we
+	 * only want to make sure the mem_map is valid so the actual value
+	 * doesn't matter as long as it isn't NULL.
+	 */
+	if (!kho_get_mem_map(fdt))
 		goto unmap_fdt;
 
 	scratch = early_memremap(scratch_phys, scratch_len);