diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/relocate_kernel.S b/arch/arm/kernel/relocate_kernel.S
index 61930eb09029..fd26f8d65151 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/relocate_kernel.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/relocate_kernel.S
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ relocate_new_kernel:
 	ldr	r0,kexec_indirection_page
 	ldr	r1,kexec_start_address
 
+	/*
+	 * If there is no indirection page (we are doing crashdumps)
+	 * skip any relocation.
+	 */
+	cmp	r0, #0
+	beq	2f
 
 0:	/* top, read another word for the indirection page */
 	ldr	r3, [r0],#4