diff --git a/fs/proc/vmcore.c b/fs/proc/vmcore.c
index 1082492e02fca4b9e006697fa64c744334c6bab1..8ec6483689857377ab1ae4f12df72c87a869b5ba 100644
--- a/fs/proc/vmcore.c
+++ b/fs/proc/vmcore.c
@@ -204,36 +204,15 @@ static struct vmcore* __init get_new_element(void)
 	return kzalloc(sizeof(struct vmcore), GFP_KERNEL);
 }
 
-static u64 __init get_vmcore_size_elf64(char *elfptr, size_t elfsz)
+static u64 __init get_vmcore_size(size_t elfsz, size_t elfnotesegsz,
+				  struct list_head *vc_list)
 {
-	int i;
 	u64 size;
-	Elf64_Ehdr *ehdr_ptr;
-	Elf64_Phdr *phdr_ptr;
-
-	ehdr_ptr = (Elf64_Ehdr *)elfptr;
-	phdr_ptr = (Elf64_Phdr*)(elfptr + sizeof(Elf64_Ehdr));
-	size = elfsz;
-	for (i = 0; i < ehdr_ptr->e_phnum; i++) {
-		size += phdr_ptr->p_memsz;
-		phdr_ptr++;
-	}
-	return size;
-}
-
-static u64 __init get_vmcore_size_elf32(char *elfptr, size_t elfsz)
-{
-	int i;
-	u64 size;
-	Elf32_Ehdr *ehdr_ptr;
-	Elf32_Phdr *phdr_ptr;
+	struct vmcore *m;
 
-	ehdr_ptr = (Elf32_Ehdr *)elfptr;
-	phdr_ptr = (Elf32_Phdr*)(elfptr + sizeof(Elf32_Ehdr));
-	size = elfsz;
-	for (i = 0; i < ehdr_ptr->e_phnum; i++) {
-		size += phdr_ptr->p_memsz;
-		phdr_ptr++;
+	size = elfsz + elfnotesegsz;
+	list_for_each_entry(m, vc_list, list) {
+		size += m->size;
 	}
 	return size;
 }
@@ -856,20 +835,19 @@ static int __init parse_crash_elf_headers(void)
 		rc = parse_crash_elf64_headers();
 		if (rc)
 			return rc;
-
-		/* Determine vmcore size. */
-		vmcore_size = get_vmcore_size_elf64(elfcorebuf, elfcorebuf_sz);
 	} else if (e_ident[EI_CLASS] == ELFCLASS32) {
 		rc = parse_crash_elf32_headers();
 		if (rc)
 			return rc;
-
-		/* Determine vmcore size. */
-		vmcore_size = get_vmcore_size_elf32(elfcorebuf, elfcorebuf_sz);
 	} else {
 		pr_warn("Warning: Core image elf header is not sane\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
+
+	/* Determine vmcore size. */
+	vmcore_size = get_vmcore_size(elfcorebuf_sz, elfnotes_sz,
+				      &vmcore_list);
+
 	return 0;
 }