diff --git a/arch/loongarch/kernel/machine_kexec.c b/arch/loongarch/kernel/machine_kexec.c
index d7fafda1d541..1883cae93bc3 100644
--- a/arch/loongarch/kernel/machine_kexec.c
+++ b/arch/loongarch/kernel/machine_kexec.c
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ static unsigned long first_ind_entry;
 int machine_kexec_prepare(struct kimage *kimage)
 {
 	int i;
+	char head[8];
 	char *bootloader = "kexec";
 	void *cmdline_ptr = (void *)KEXEC_CMDLINE_ADDR;
 
@@ -59,7 +60,9 @@ int machine_kexec_prepare(struct kimage *kimage)
 	} else {
 		/* Find the command line */
 		for (i = 0; i < kimage->nr_segments; i++) {
-			if (!strncmp(bootloader, (char __user *)kimage->segment[i].buf, strlen(bootloader))) {
+			if (copy_from_user(head, kimage->segment[i].buf, strlen(bootloader)))
+				continue;
+			if (!strncmp(bootloader, head, strlen(bootloader))) {
 				if (!copy_from_user(cmdline_ptr, kimage->segment[i].buf, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE))
 					kimage->arch.cmdline_ptr = (unsigned long)cmdline_ptr;
 				break;