1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
index 2255782e8d4b..b2c97874ec0f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
@@ -561,7 +561,13 @@ static void __init reserve_standard_io_resources(void)
 
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE
+/*
+ * Note: elfcorehdr_addr is not just limited to vmcore. It is also used by
+ * is_kdump_kernel() to determine if we are booting after a panic. Hence
+ * ifdef it under CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP and not CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE.
+ */
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP
 /* elfcorehdr= specifies the location of elf core header
  * stored by the crashed kernel. This option will be passed
  * by kexec loader to the capture kernel.