diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/crash.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/crash.c
index 2018e624f5e2d9b8d2f77219cdaf2944f041aa90..9d92097ce96daaf5ccd2210eba88e44d53018ce6 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/crash.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/crash.c
@@ -118,6 +118,11 @@ machine_crash_shutdown(struct pt_regs *pt)
 static void
 machine_kdump_on_init(void)
 {
+	if (!ia64_kimage) {
+		printk(KERN_NOTICE "machine_kdump_on_init(): "
+				"kdump not configured\n");
+		return;
+	}
 	local_irq_disable();
 	kexec_disable_iosapic();
 	machine_kexec(ia64_kimage);
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/machine_kexec.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/machine_kexec.c
index e51cd904a23e4641d9565b4b11bb3a64c5e6cd52..4f0f3b8c1ee2b14cdd6b498fae39bb94fc818f18 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/machine_kexec.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/machine_kexec.c
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ static void ia64_machine_kexec(struct unw_frame_info *info, void *arg)
 	unsigned long vector;
 	int ii;
 
+	BUG_ON(!image);
 	if (image->type == KEXEC_TYPE_CRASH) {
 		crash_save_this_cpu();
 		current->thread.ksp = (__u64)info->sw - 16;
@@ -120,6 +121,7 @@ static void ia64_machine_kexec(struct unw_frame_info *info, void *arg)
 
 void machine_kexec(struct kimage *image)
 {
+	BUG_ON(!image);
 	unw_init_running(ia64_machine_kexec, image);
 	for(;;);
 }