diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/crash_dump.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/crash_dump.c
index e0debcca0bfa..a323c9b32ee1 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/crash_dump.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/crash_dump.c
@@ -86,6 +86,19 @@ static int __init parse_savemaxmem(char *p)
 }
 __setup("savemaxmem=", parse_savemaxmem);
 
+
+static size_t copy_oldmem_vaddr(void *vaddr, char *buf, size_t csize,
+                               unsigned long offset, int userbuf)
+{
+	if (userbuf) {
+		if (copy_to_user((char __user *)buf, (vaddr + offset), csize))
+			return -EFAULT;
+	} else
+		memcpy(buf, (vaddr + offset), csize);
+
+	return csize;
+}
+
 /**
  * copy_oldmem_page - copy one page from "oldmem"
  * @pfn: page frame number to be copied
@@ -107,16 +120,16 @@ ssize_t copy_oldmem_page(unsigned long pfn, char *buf,
 	if (!csize)
 		return 0;
 
-	vaddr = __ioremap(pfn << PAGE_SHIFT, PAGE_SIZE, 0);
+	csize = min(csize, PAGE_SIZE);
 
-	if (userbuf) {
-		if (copy_to_user((char __user *)buf, (vaddr + offset), csize)) {
-			iounmap(vaddr);
-			return -EFAULT;
-		}
-	} else
-		memcpy(buf, (vaddr + offset), csize);
+	if (pfn < max_pfn) {
+		vaddr = __va(pfn << PAGE_SHIFT);
+		csize = copy_oldmem_vaddr(vaddr, buf, csize, offset, userbuf);
+	} else {
+		vaddr = __ioremap(pfn << PAGE_SHIFT, PAGE_SIZE, 0);
+		csize = copy_oldmem_vaddr(vaddr, buf, csize, offset, userbuf);
+		iounmap(vaddr);
+	}
 
-	iounmap(vaddr);
 	return csize;
 }