1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/lpar.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/lpar.c
index 469751d92004..b5682fd6c984 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/lpar.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/lpar.c
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 #include <asm/trace.h>
 #include <asm/firmware.h>
 #include <asm/plpar_wrappers.h>
+#include <asm/kexec.h>
 #include <asm/fadump.h>
 
 #include "pseries.h"
@@ -267,8 +268,13 @@ static void pSeries_lpar_hptab_clear(void)
                  * out to the user, but at least this will stop us from
                  * continuing on further and creating an even more
                  * difficult to debug situation.
+                 *
+                 * There is a known problem when kdump'ing, if cpus are offline
+                 * the above call will fail. Rather than panicking again, keep
+                 * going and hope the kdump kernel is also little endian, which
+                 * it usually is.
                  */
-                if (rc)
+                if (rc && !kdump_in_progress())
                         panic("Could not enable big endian exceptions");
         }
 #endif