diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/efi.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/efi.c
index 772ba6fe110f..32ce330cbc64 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/efi.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/efi.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
  *	Skip non-WB memory and ignore empty memory ranges.
  */
 #include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/bootmem.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
@@ -1009,6 +1010,11 @@ efi_memmap_init(unsigned long *s, unsigned long *e)
 		} else
 			ae = efi_md_end(md);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP
+		/* saved_max_pfn should ignore max_addr= command line arg */
+		if (saved_max_pfn < (ae >> PAGE_SHIFT))
+			saved_max_pfn = (ae >> PAGE_SHIFT);
+#endif
 		/* keep within max_addr= and min_addr= command line arg */
 		as = max(as, min_addr);
 		ae = min(ae, max_addr);
diff --git a/arch/ia64/mm/contig.c b/arch/ia64/mm/contig.c
index ca4d41e5f177..fb0f4698f5d0 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/mm/contig.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/mm/contig.c
@@ -197,11 +197,6 @@ find_memory (void)
 
 	find_initrd();
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP
-	/* If we are doing a crash dump, we still need to know the real mem
-	 * size before original memory map is reset. */
-	saved_max_pfn = max_pfn;
-#endif
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
diff --git a/arch/ia64/mm/discontig.c b/arch/ia64/mm/discontig.c
index 16835108bb5b..11a2d8825d89 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/mm/discontig.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/mm/discontig.c
@@ -480,12 +480,6 @@ void __init find_memory(void)
 	max_pfn = max_low_pfn;
 
 	find_initrd();
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP
-	/* If we are doing a crash dump, we still need to know the real mem
-	 * size before original memory map is reset. */
-        saved_max_pfn = max_pfn;
-#endif
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP