diff --git a/include/linux/kexec.h b/include/linux/kexec.h
index 2c238921aa603e578949695f9c5a070f70929d4a..9e4e638fb5051b1337718535db5ae20b7a63c07c 100644
--- a/include/linux/kexec.h
+++ b/include/linux/kexec.h
@@ -275,7 +275,6 @@ int kexec_should_crash(struct task_struct *);
 int kexec_crash_loaded(void);
 void crash_save_cpu(struct pt_regs *regs, int cpu);
 extern int kimage_crash_copy_vmcoreinfo(struct kimage *image);
-extern void kexec_device_shutdown(void);
 
 extern struct kimage *kexec_image;
 extern struct kimage *kexec_crash_image;
@@ -365,7 +364,6 @@ static inline void __crash_kexec(struct pt_regs *regs) { }
 static inline void crash_kexec(struct pt_regs *regs) { }
 static inline int kexec_should_crash(struct task_struct *p) { return 0; }
 static inline int kexec_crash_loaded(void) { return 0; }
-static inline void kexec_device_shutdown(void) { };
 #define kexec_in_progress false
 #endif /* CONFIG_KEXEC_CORE */
 
diff --git a/kernel/kexec_core.c b/kernel/kexec_core.c
index dff78963954453ef7c7c80486c93ad0e2356857c..23a83a4da38a1dffc5203c828a384531b6cce9b2 100644
--- a/kernel/kexec_core.c
+++ b/kernel/kexec_core.c
@@ -923,39 +923,6 @@ struct kimage *kexec_image;
 struct kimage *kexec_crash_image;
 int kexec_load_disabled;
 
-void kexec_device_shutdown(void)
-{
-	int len;
-	char *p = saved_command_line;
-
-	p = strstr(p, "kexec_shutdown_device=");
-	if (p) {
-		int i;
-		char c;
-		char drv_name[128];
-
-		memset(drv_name, 0, 128);
-		p += strlen("kexec_shutdown_device=");
-		c = *p;
-		i = 0;
-		while (c != '\0' && c != ' ') {
-			if (c != '\\' && i < 127) {
-				drv_name[i] = c;
-				i++;
-			} else if (drv_name[0] != '\0') {
-				pr_info("drv name:%s\n", drv_name);
-				device_shutdown_by_driver(drv_name);
-				memset(drv_name, 0, 128);
-				i = 0;
-			}
-			p++;
-			c = *p;
-		}
-		if (drv_name[0] != '\0')
-			device_shutdown_by_driver(drv_name);
-	}
-}
-
 /*
  * No panic_cpu check version of crash_kexec().  This function is called
  * only when panic_cpu holds the current CPU number; this is the only CPU
@@ -977,8 +944,6 @@ void __noclone __crash_kexec(struct pt_regs *regs)
 
 			crash_setup_regs(&fixed_regs, regs);
 			crash_save_vmcoreinfo();
-			if (!crash_kexec_post_notifiers)
-				kexec_device_shutdown();
 			machine_crash_shutdown(&fixed_regs);
 			machine_kexec(kexec_crash_image);
 		}
diff --git a/kernel/panic.c b/kernel/panic.c
index 767f004045b24c717b9e796d02f669e43649e4c5..6a6df23acd1a5144ecf307d848813ea6618d8f19 100644
--- a/kernel/panic.c
+++ b/kernel/panic.c
@@ -209,7 +209,6 @@ void panic(const char *fmt, ...)
 		 * kmsg_dump, we will need architecture dependent extra
 		 * works in addition to stopping other CPUs.
 		 */
-		kexec_device_shutdown();
 		crash_smp_send_stop();
 	}