1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c b/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
index e24d1bc47b46..78e642feac30 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
@@ -1206,7 +1206,7 @@ static int __init parse_memmap_opt(char *p)
         if (!p)
                 return -EINVAL;
 
-        if (!strcmp(p, "exactmap")) {
+        if (!strncmp(p, "exactmap", 8)) {
 #ifdef CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP
                 /*
                  * If we are doing a crash dump, we still need to know