diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/machine_kexec.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/machine_kexec.c
index 239c16e3d02f..c5693a32e49b 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/machine_kexec.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/machine_kexec.c
@@ -129,9 +129,6 @@ int machine_kexec_post_load(struct kimage *kimage)
 	}
 
 	/* Create a copy of the linear map */
-	trans_pgd = kexec_page_alloc(kimage);
-	if (!trans_pgd)
-		return -ENOMEM;
 	rc = trans_pgd_create_copy(&info, &trans_pgd, PAGE_OFFSET, PAGE_END);
 	if (rc)
 		return rc;