diff --git linux-libre-6.1.165-gnu/Makefile linux-libre-6.1.166-gnu/Makefile
index 3581e27668c7..f939d1c1062e 100644
--- linux-libre-6.1.165-gnu/Makefile
+++ linux-libre-6.1.166-gnu/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 VERSION = 6
 PATCHLEVEL = 1
-SUBLEVEL = 165
+SUBLEVEL = 166
 EXTRAVERSION = -gnu
 NAME = Curry Ramen
 
diff --git linux-libre-6.1.165-gnu/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c linux-libre-6.1.166-gnu/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
index 38f48875df91..18a034613d94 100644
--- linux-libre-6.1.165-gnu/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
+++ linux-libre-6.1.166-gnu/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
@@ -377,15 +377,9 @@ 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;
 
