diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c
index 78ab9a6ee6ac..1858896d6809 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c
@@ -32,11 +32,20 @@
 #include <asm/fadump-internal.h>
 #include <asm/setup.h>
 
+/*
+ * The CPU who acquired the lock to trigger the fadump crash should
+ * wait for other CPUs to enter.
+ *
+ * The timeout is in milliseconds.
+ */
+#define CRASH_TIMEOUT		500
+
 static struct fw_dump fw_dump;
 
 static void __init fadump_reserve_crash_area(u64 base);
 
 struct kobject *fadump_kobj;
+static atomic_t cpus_in_fadump;
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_PRESERVE_FA_DUMP
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(fadump_mutex);
@@ -668,8 +677,11 @@ early_param("fadump_reserve_mem", early_fadump_reserve_mem);
 
 void crash_fadump(struct pt_regs *regs, const char *str)
 {
+	unsigned int msecs;
 	struct fadump_crash_info_header *fdh = NULL;
 	int old_cpu, this_cpu;
+	/* Do not include first CPU */
+	unsigned int ncpus = num_online_cpus() - 1;
 
 	if (!should_fadump_crash())
 		return;
@@ -685,6 +697,8 @@ void crash_fadump(struct pt_regs *regs, const char *str)
 	old_cpu = cmpxchg(&crashing_cpu, -1, this_cpu);
 
 	if (old_cpu != -1) {
+		atomic_inc(&cpus_in_fadump);
+
 		/*
 		 * We can't loop here indefinitely. Wait as long as fadump
 		 * is in force. If we race with fadump un-registration this
@@ -708,6 +722,16 @@ void crash_fadump(struct pt_regs *regs, const char *str)
 
 	fdh->online_mask = *cpu_online_mask;
 
+	/*
+	 * If we came in via system reset, wait a while for the secondary
+	 * CPUs to enter.
+	 */
+	if (TRAP(&(fdh->regs)) == 0x100) {
+		msecs = CRASH_TIMEOUT;
+		while ((atomic_read(&cpus_in_fadump) < ncpus) && (--msecs > 0))
+			mdelay(1);
+	}
+
 	fw_dump.ops->fadump_trigger(fdh, str);
 }