diff --git a/kernel/kexec_elf.c b/kernel/kexec_elf.c
index d3689632e8b9..3a5c25b2adc9 100644
--- a/kernel/kexec_elf.c
+++ b/kernel/kexec_elf.c
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ int kexec_elf_load(struct kimage *image, struct elfhdr *ehdr,
 			 struct kexec_buf *kbuf,
 			 unsigned long *lowest_load_addr)
 {
-	unsigned long lowest_addr = UINT_MAX;
+	unsigned long lowest_addr = ULONG_MAX;
 	int ret;
 	size_t i;