diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/elf_kexec.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/elf_kexec.c
index 5372b708fae21..26e19cd17bf17 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/elf_kexec.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/elf_kexec.c
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ static void *elf_kexec_load(struct kimage *image, char *kernel_buf,
 		kbuf.buffer = initrd;
 		kbuf.bufsz = kbuf.memsz = initrd_len;
 		kbuf.buf_align = PAGE_SIZE;
-		kbuf.top_down = false;
+		kbuf.top_down = true;
 		kbuf.mem = KEXEC_BUF_MEM_UNKNOWN;
 		ret = kexec_add_buffer(&kbuf);
 		if (ret)