diff --git a/fs/proc/vmcore.c b/fs/proc/vmcore.c
index 8afe10cf7df80f042ec1c3a34b3c3d412f5a3fce..8ab782d8b33ddc7f4ac9e2fec72230ca0d4a060b 100644
--- a/fs/proc/vmcore.c
+++ b/fs/proc/vmcore.c
@@ -1071,7 +1071,7 @@ static int __init parse_crash_elf32_headers(void)
 	/* Do some basic Verification. */
 	if (memcmp(ehdr.e_ident, ELFMAG, SELFMAG) != 0 ||
 		(ehdr.e_type != ET_CORE) ||
-		!elf_check_arch(&ehdr) ||
+		!vmcore_elf32_check_arch(&ehdr) ||
 		ehdr.e_ident[EI_CLASS] != ELFCLASS32||
 		ehdr.e_ident[EI_VERSION] != EV_CURRENT ||
 		ehdr.e_version != EV_CURRENT ||
diff --git a/include/linux/crash_dump.h b/include/linux/crash_dump.h
index 3849fce7ecfe6df067f365d44bd8951c87cd0184..3873697ba21c88510fb55b061fa167bdc4b47581 100644
--- a/include/linux/crash_dump.h
+++ b/include/linux/crash_dump.h
@@ -34,9 +34,13 @@ void vmcore_cleanup(void);
 
 /*
  * Architecture code can redefine this if there are any special checks
- * needed for 64-bit ELF vmcores. In case of 32-bit only architecture,
- * this can be set to zero.
+ * needed for 32-bit ELF or 64-bit ELF vmcores.  In case of 32-bit
+ * only architecture, vmcore_elf64_check_arch can be set to zero.
  */
+#ifndef vmcore_elf32_check_arch
+#define vmcore_elf32_check_arch(x) elf_check_arch(x)
+#endif
+
 #ifndef vmcore_elf64_check_arch
 #define vmcore_elf64_check_arch(x) (elf_check_arch(x) || vmcore_elf_check_arch_cross(x))
 #endif