diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c
index 4e62a56e1a95..b0ebdeab9494 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c
@@ -110,6 +110,14 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(ppc_do_canonicalize_irqs);
 /* also used by kexec */
 void machine_shutdown(void)
 {
+#ifdef CONFIG_FA_DUMP
+	/*
+	 * if fadump is active, cleanup the fadump registration before we
+	 * shutdown.
+	 */
+	fadump_cleanup();
+#endif
+
 	if (ppc_md.machine_shutdown)
 		ppc_md.machine_shutdown();
 }