diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/machine_kexec.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/machine_kexec.c
index cbef0fc73afa..df8e24559035 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/machine_kexec.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/machine_kexec.c
@@ -65,7 +65,9 @@ machine_kexec_prepare(struct kimage *image)
 		if (image->segment[i].memsz <= sizeof(fdt))
 			continue;
 
-		if (copy_from_user(&fdt, image->segment[i].buf, sizeof(fdt)))
+		if (image->file_mode)
+			memcpy(&fdt, image->segment[i].buf, sizeof(fdt));
+		else if (copy_from_user(&fdt, image->segment[i].buf, sizeof(fdt)))
 			continue;
 
 		if (fdt_check_header(&fdt))