diff --git a/build_image.sh b/build_image.sh
index 3084a4a2bd..9635201ae0 100755
--- a/build_image.sh
+++ b/build_image.sh
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ elif [ "$IMAGE_TYPE" = "kvm" ]; then
 
     generate_onie_installer_image
 
-    SONIC_USERNAME=$USERNAME PASSWD=$PASSWORD sudo -E ./build_kvm_image.sh $KVM_IMAGE_DISK $onie_recovery_image $OUTPUT_ONIE_IMAGE $KVM_IMAGE_DISK_SIZE
+    SONIC_USERNAME=$USERNAME PASSWD=$PASSWORD sudo -E ./scripts/build_kvm_image.sh $KVM_IMAGE_DISK $onie_recovery_image $OUTPUT_ONIE_IMAGE $KVM_IMAGE_DISK_SIZE
 
     if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
         echo "Error : build kvm image failed"
diff --git a/build_kvm_image.sh b/scripts/build_kvm_image.sh
similarity index 99%
rename from build_kvm_image.sh
rename to scripts/build_kvm_image.sh
index bc0f54e12d..a8ae21c977 100755
--- a/build_kvm_image.sh
+++ b/scripts/build_kvm_image.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 #  SPDX-License-Identifier:     GPL-2.0
 
-MEM=2048
+MEM=3072
 DISK=$1
 ONIE_RECOVERY_ISO=$2
 INSTALLER=$3