diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/crash.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/crash.c
index e74e15a08892..90ef338cf46f 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/crash.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/crash.c
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ machine_crash_shutdown(struct pt_regs *pt)
 static void
 machine_kdump_on_init(void)
 {
+	crash_save_vmcoreinfo();
 	local_irq_disable();
 	kexec_disable_iosapic();
 	machine_kexec(ia64_kimage);