diff --git a/kernel/crash_core.c b/kernel/crash_core.c
index 6db80fc0810b9270b0cec3d7cfa2cf9b5a3413f1..b3663896278ed71f854963024caa6549b6a57935 100644
--- a/kernel/crash_core.c
+++ b/kernel/crash_core.c
@@ -108,7 +108,8 @@ static int __init parse_crashkernel_mem(char *cmdline,
 				return -EINVAL;
 			}
 		}
-	}
+	} else
+		pr_info("crashkernel size resulted in zero bytes\n");
 
 	return 0;
 }