diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c b/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
index 9af89078f7bb..66e48aa2dd1b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
@@ -1203,7 +1203,7 @@ static int __init parse_memmap_opt(char *p)
 	if (!p)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (!strcmp(p, "exactmap")) {
+	if (!strncmp(p, "exactmap", 8)) {
 #ifdef CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP
 		/*
 		 * If we are doing a crash dump, we still need to know