diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 882a4dd080e675..ae059d1885110a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 VERSION = 6
 PATCHLEVEL = 12
-SUBLEVEL = 75
+SUBLEVEL = 76
 EXTRAVERSION =
 NAME = Baby Opossum Posse
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
index 234c4d9e50b8f5..f1fea506e20f41 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
@@ -372,15 +372,9 @@ int __init ima_free_kexec_buffer(void)
 
 int __init ima_get_kexec_buffer(void **addr, size_t *size)
 {
-	int ret;
-
 	if (!ima_kexec_buffer_size)
 		return -ENOENT;
 
-	ret = ima_validate_range(ima_kexec_buffer_phys, ima_kexec_buffer_size);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
-
 	*addr = __va(ima_kexec_buffer_phys);
 	*size = ima_kexec_buffer_size;