diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kexec-bzimage64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kexec-bzimage64.c
index f24cd9f1799a..928b0c6083c9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/kexec-bzimage64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kexec-bzimage64.c
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ static int bzImage64_cleanup(void *loader_data)
 static int bzImage64_verify_sig(const char *kernel, unsigned long kernel_len)
 {
 	return verify_pefile_signature(kernel, kernel_len,
-				       NULL,
+				       VERIFY_USE_SECONDARY_KEYRING,
 				       VERIFYING_KEXEC_PE_SIGNATURE);
 }
 #endif