diff --git a/kernel/kexec_elf.c b/kernel/kexec_elf.c
index 26c6310167a0..34376fbc55be 100644
--- a/kernel/kexec_elf.c
+++ b/kernel/kexec_elf.c
@@ -44,16 +44,6 @@ static uint64_t elf64_to_cpu(const struct elfhdr *ehdr, uint64_t value)
 	return value;
 }
 
-static uint16_t elf16_to_cpu(const struct elfhdr *ehdr, uint16_t value)
-{
-	if (ehdr->e_ident[EI_DATA] == ELFDATA2LSB)
-		value = le16_to_cpu(value);
-	else if (ehdr->e_ident[EI_DATA] == ELFDATA2MSB)
-		value = be16_to_cpu(value);
-
-	return value;
-}
-
 static uint32_t elf32_to_cpu(const struct elfhdr *ehdr, uint32_t value)
 {
 	if (ehdr->e_ident[EI_DATA] == ELFDATA2LSB)
@@ -64,6 +54,16 @@ static uint32_t elf32_to_cpu(const struct elfhdr *ehdr, uint32_t value)
 	return value;
 }
 
+static uint16_t elf16_to_cpu(const struct elfhdr *ehdr, uint16_t value)
+{
+	if (ehdr->e_ident[EI_DATA] == ELFDATA2LSB)
+		value = le16_to_cpu(value);
+	else if (ehdr->e_ident[EI_DATA] == ELFDATA2MSB)
+		value = be16_to_cpu(value);
+
+	return value;
+}
+
 /**
  * elf_is_ehdr_sane - check that it is safe to use the ELF header
  * @buf_len:	size of the buffer in which the ELF file is loaded.