efi_loaded_image_t *image,
                                 efi_handle_t image_handle)
 {
+       int nr_pages = round_up(kernel_asize, EFI_ALLOC_ALIGN) / EFI_PAGE_SIZE;
+       efi_physical_addr_t kernel_addr = EFI_KIMG_PREFERRED_ADDRESS;
        efi_status_t status;
-       unsigned long kernel_addr = 0;
 
-       kernel_addr = (unsigned long)&kernel_offset - kernel_offset;
-
-       status = efi_relocate_kernel(&kernel_addr, kernel_fsize, kernel_asize,
-                                    EFI_KIMG_PREFERRED_ADDRESS,
-                                    efi_get_kimg_min_align(), 0x0);
+       /*
+        * Allocate space for the kernel image at the preferred offset. This is
+        * the only location in memory from where we can execute the image, so
+        * no point in falling back to another allocation.
+        */
+       status = efi_bs_call(allocate_pages, EFI_ALLOCATE_ADDRESS,
+                            EFI_LOADER_DATA, nr_pages, &kernel_addr);
+       if (status != EFI_SUCCESS)
+               return status;
 
-       *image_addr = kernel_addr;
+       *image_addr = EFI_KIMG_PREFERRED_ADDRESS;
        *image_size = kernel_asize;
 
+       memcpy((void *)EFI_KIMG_PREFERRED_ADDRESS,
+              (void *)&kernel_offset - kernel_offset,
+              kernel_fsize);
+
        return status;
 }
 
        return EFI_SUCCESS;
 }
 
+unsigned long kernel_entry_address(void)
+{
+       unsigned long base = (unsigned long)&kernel_offset - kernel_offset;
+
+       return (unsigned long)&kernel_entry - base + VMLINUX_LOAD_ADDRESS;
+}
+
 efi_status_t efi_boot_kernel(void *handle, efi_loaded_image_t *image,
                             unsigned long kernel_addr, char *cmdline_ptr)
 {
        csr_write64(CSR_DMW0_INIT, LOONGARCH_CSR_DMWIN0);
        csr_write64(CSR_DMW1_INIT, LOONGARCH_CSR_DMWIN1);
 
-       real_kernel_entry = (kernel_entry_t)
-               ((unsigned long)&kernel_entry - kernel_addr + VMLINUX_LOAD_ADDRESS);
+       real_kernel_entry = (void *)kernel_entry_address();
 
        real_kernel_entry(true, (unsigned long)cmdline_ptr,
                          (unsigned long)efi_system_table);