diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c b/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c
index e58a462949b1..e54c4ff8abaa 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ static unsigned long __init find_crash_base(unsigned long crash_size,
 		*msg = "first memory chunk must be at least crashkernel size";
 		return 0;
 	}
-	if (is_kdump_kernel() && (crash_size == OLDMEM_SIZE))
+	if (OLDMEM_BASE && crash_size == OLDMEM_SIZE)
 		return OLDMEM_BASE;
 
 	for (i = MEMORY_CHUNKS - 1; i >= 0; i--) {