diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/crash_dump.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/crash_dump.c
index 9ec3fe174cba..779a78c26435 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/crash_dump.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/crash_dump.c
@@ -69,16 +69,6 @@ void __init setup_kdump_trampoline(void)
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_NONSTATIC_KERNEL */
 
-static int __init parse_savemaxmem(char *p)
-{
-	if (p)
-		saved_max_pfn = (memparse(p, &p) >> PAGE_SHIFT) - 1;
-
-	return 1;
-}
-__setup("savemaxmem=", parse_savemaxmem);
-
-
 static size_t copy_oldmem_vaddr(void *vaddr, char *buf, size_t csize,
                                unsigned long offset, int userbuf)
 {