diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c b/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c
index e58a462949b164ea90c5697696b9ccec47bb7ff4..e54c4ff8abaaa3d1a34efd34decd0d12c713e4ef 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ static unsigned long __init find_crash_base(unsigned long crash_size,
 		*msg = "first memory chunk must be at least crashkernel size";
 		return 0;
 	}
-	if (is_kdump_kernel() && (crash_size == OLDMEM_SIZE))
+	if (OLDMEM_BASE && crash_size == OLDMEM_SIZE)
 		return OLDMEM_BASE;
 
 	for (i = MEMORY_CHUNKS - 1; i >= 0; i--) {