diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c
index 63aac8b5f233..78ab9a6ee6ac 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ int __init fadump_reserve_mem(void)
 		 */
 		base = fadump_locate_reserve_mem(base, size);
 
-		if (!base) {
+		if (!base || (base + size > mem_boundary)) {
 			pr_err("Failed to find memory chunk for reservation!\n");
 			goto error_out;
 		}