diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c
index d2e1476d9870..466569e26278 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c
@@ -209,14 +209,20 @@ static unsigned long init_fadump_mem_struct(struct fadump_mem_struct *fdm,
  */
 static inline unsigned long fadump_calculate_reserve_size(void)
 {
-	unsigned long size;
+	int ret;
+	unsigned long long base, size;
 
 	/*
-	 * Check if the size is specified through fadump_reserve_mem= cmdline
-	 * option. If yes, then use that.
+	 * Check if the size is specified through crashkernel= cmdline
+	 * option. If yes, then use that but ignore base as fadump
+	 * reserves memory at end of RAM.
 	 */
-	if (fw_dump.reserve_bootvar)
+	ret = parse_crashkernel(boot_command_line, memblock_phys_mem_size(),
+				&size, &base);
+	if (ret == 0 && size > 0) {
+		fw_dump.reserve_bootvar = (unsigned long)size;
 		return fw_dump.reserve_bootvar;
+	}
 
 	/* divide by 20 to get 5% of value */
 	size = memblock_end_of_DRAM() / 20;
@@ -371,15 +377,6 @@ static int __init early_fadump_param(char *p)
 }
 early_param("fadump", early_fadump_param);
 
-/* Look for fadump_reserve_mem= cmdline option */
-static int __init early_fadump_reserve_mem(char *p)
-{
-	if (p)
-		fw_dump.reserve_bootvar = memparse(p, &p);
-	return 0;
-}
-early_param("fadump_reserve_mem", early_fadump_reserve_mem);
-
 static void register_fw_dump(struct fadump_mem_struct *fdm)
 {
 	int rc;