diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdoops.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdoops.c
index 774970bfcf85..8bbfba40a554 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdoops.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdoops.c
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ static struct mtdoops_context {
 	int nextcount;
 	unsigned long *oops_page_used;
 
+	unsigned long oops_buf_busy;
 	void *oops_buf;
 } oops_cxt;
 
@@ -180,6 +181,9 @@ static void mtdoops_write(struct mtdoops_context *cxt, int panic)
 	u32 *hdr;
 	int ret;
 
+	if (test_and_set_bit(0, &cxt->oops_buf_busy))
+		return;
+
 	/* Add mtdoops header to the buffer */
 	hdr = cxt->oops_buf;
 	hdr[0] = cxt->nextcount;
@@ -190,7 +194,7 @@ static void mtdoops_write(struct mtdoops_context *cxt, int panic)
 				      record_size, &retlen, cxt->oops_buf);
 		if (ret == -EOPNOTSUPP) {
 			printk(KERN_ERR "mtdoops: Cannot write from panic without panic_write\n");
-			return;
+			goto out;
 		}
 	} else
 		ret = mtd_write(mtd, cxt->nextpage * record_size,
@@ -203,6 +207,8 @@ static void mtdoops_write(struct mtdoops_context *cxt, int panic)
 	memset(cxt->oops_buf, 0xff, record_size);
 
 	mtdoops_inc_counter(cxt);
+out:
+	clear_bit(0, &cxt->oops_buf_busy);
 }
 
 static void mtdoops_workfunc_write(struct work_struct *work)
@@ -276,8 +282,11 @@ static void mtdoops_do_dump(struct kmsg_dumper *dumper,
 	if (reason == KMSG_DUMP_OOPS && !dump_oops)
 		return;
 
+	if (test_and_set_bit(0, &cxt->oops_buf_busy))
+		return;
 	kmsg_dump_get_buffer(dumper, true, cxt->oops_buf + MTDOOPS_HEADER_SIZE,
 			     record_size - MTDOOPS_HEADER_SIZE, NULL);
+	clear_bit(0, &cxt->oops_buf_busy);
 
 	if (reason != KMSG_DUMP_OOPS) {
 		/* Panics must be written immediately */
@@ -394,6 +403,7 @@ static int __init mtdoops_init(void)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 	memset(cxt->oops_buf, 0xff, record_size);
+	cxt->oops_buf_busy = 0;
 
 	INIT_WORK(&cxt->work_erase, mtdoops_workfunc_erase);
 	INIT_WORK(&cxt->work_write, mtdoops_workfunc_write);