diff --git a/hypervisor/boot/guest/vboot_info.c b/hypervisor/boot/guest/vboot_info.c
index 4e45b52de..856faa758 100644
--- a/hypervisor/boot/guest/vboot_info.c
+++ b/hypervisor/boot/guest/vboot_info.c
@@ -263,11 +263,7 @@ int32_t init_vm_boot_info(struct acrn_vm *vm)
 	int32_t ret = -EINVAL;
 
 	stac();
-	if ((mbi->mi_flags & MULTIBOOT_INFO_HAS_MODS) == 0U) {
-		panic("no multiboot module info found");
-	} else {
-		ret = init_vm_sw_load(vm, mbi);
-	}
+	ret = init_vm_sw_load(vm, mbi);
 	clac();
 
 	return ret;
diff --git a/hypervisor/boot/multiboot/multiboot.c b/hypervisor/boot/multiboot/multiboot.c
index 5bf623b04..9ea17ce9f 100644
--- a/hypervisor/boot/multiboot/multiboot.c
+++ b/hypervisor/boot/multiboot/multiboot.c
@@ -88,6 +88,11 @@ int32_t sanitize_acrn_multiboot_info(uint32_t magic, uint32_t info)
 		acrn_mbi.mi_flags &= ~MULTIBOOT_INFO_HAS_MODS;
 	}
 
+	if ((acrn_mbi.mi_flags & MULTIBOOT_INFO_HAS_MODS) == 0U) {
+		pr_err("no multiboot module info found");
+		mbi_status = -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	if ((acrn_mbi.mi_flags & MULTIBOOT_INFO_HAS_MMAP) == 0U) {
 		pr_err("wrong multiboot flags: 0x%08x", acrn_mbi.mi_flags);
 		mbi_status = -EINVAL;