diff --git a/kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover.c b/kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover.c
index 63800f63551f..624fd648d21f 100644
--- a/kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover.c
+++ b/kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover.c
@@ -1232,21 +1232,6 @@ void kho_restore_free(void *mem)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kho_restore_free);
 
-int kho_abort(void)
-{
-	if (!kho_enable)
-		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
-
-	guard(mutex)(&kho_out.lock);
-	if (!kho_out.finalized)
-		return -ENOENT;
-
-	kho_update_memory_map(NULL);
-	kho_out.finalized = false;
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static int __kho_finalize(void)
 {
 	void *root = kho_out.fdt;
@@ -1297,8 +1282,10 @@ int kho_finalize(void)
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
 	guard(mutex)(&kho_out.lock);
-	if (kho_out.finalized)
-		return -EEXIST;
+	if (kho_out.finalized) {
+		kho_update_memory_map(NULL);
+		kho_out.finalized = false;
+	}
 
 	ret = __kho_finalize();
 	if (ret)
diff --git a/kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover_debugfs.c b/kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover_debugfs.c
index ac739d25094d..2abbf62ba942 100644
--- a/kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover_debugfs.c
+++ b/kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover_debugfs.c
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ static int kho_out_finalize_set(void *data, u64 val)
 	if (val)
 		return kho_finalize();
 	else
-		return kho_abort();
+		return -EINVAL;
 }
 
 DEFINE_DEBUGFS_ATTRIBUTE(kho_out_finalize_fops, kho_out_finalize_get,
diff --git a/kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover_internal.h b/kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover_internal.h
index 52ed73659fe6..0202c85ad14f 100644
--- a/kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover_internal.h
+++ b/kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover_internal.h
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ extern unsigned int kho_scratch_cnt;
 
 bool kho_finalized(void);
 int kho_finalize(void);
-int kho_abort(void);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_KEXEC_HANDOVER_DEBUGFS
 int kho_debugfs_init(void);