diff --git a/kernel/kexec.c b/kernel/kexec.c
index 4e2e472f6aeb35e5fb78e9a6ccdcc4c08fae57e3..0668d58d6413e8eeb8736b234be6d8d7378a4bea 100644
--- a/kernel/kexec.c
+++ b/kernel/kexec.c
@@ -1424,7 +1424,7 @@ static void update_vmcoreinfo_note(void)
 
 void crash_save_vmcoreinfo(void)
 {
-	vmcoreinfo_append_str("CRASHTIME=%ld", get_seconds());
+	vmcoreinfo_append_str("CRASHTIME=%ld\n", get_seconds());
 	update_vmcoreinfo_note();
 }