diff --git a/kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover.c b/kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover.c
index eb8abd04e7ff..4834a809985a 100644
--- a/kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover.c
+++ b/kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover.c
@@ -618,20 +618,30 @@ early_param("kho_scratch", kho_parse_scratch_size);
 
 static void __init scratch_size_update(void)
 {
-	phys_addr_t size;
+	/*
+	 * If fixed sizes are not provided via command line, calculate them
+	 * now.
+	 */
+	if (scratch_scale) {
+		phys_addr_t size;
 
-	if (!scratch_scale)
-		return;
+		size = memblock_reserved_kern_size(ARCH_LOW_ADDRESS_LIMIT,
+						   NUMA_NO_NODE);
+		size = size * scratch_scale / 100;
+		scratch_size_lowmem = size;
 
-	size = memblock_reserved_kern_size(ARCH_LOW_ADDRESS_LIMIT,
-					   NUMA_NO_NODE);
-	size = size * scratch_scale / 100;
-	scratch_size_lowmem = round_up(size, CMA_MIN_ALIGNMENT_BYTES);
+		size = memblock_reserved_kern_size(MEMBLOCK_ALLOC_ANYWHERE,
+						   NUMA_NO_NODE);
+		size = size * scratch_scale / 100 - scratch_size_lowmem;
+		scratch_size_global = size;
+	}
 
-	size = memblock_reserved_kern_size(MEMBLOCK_ALLOC_ANYWHERE,
-					   NUMA_NO_NODE);
-	size = size * scratch_scale / 100 - scratch_size_lowmem;
-	scratch_size_global = round_up(size, CMA_MIN_ALIGNMENT_BYTES);
+	/*
+	 * Scratch areas are released as MIGRATE_CMA. Round them up to the right
+	 * size.
+	 */
+	scratch_size_lowmem = round_up(scratch_size_lowmem, CMA_MIN_ALIGNMENT_BYTES);
+	scratch_size_global = round_up(scratch_size_global, CMA_MIN_ALIGNMENT_BYTES);
 }
 
 static phys_addr_t __init scratch_size_node(int nid)