diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/crash.c b/arch/x86/kernel/crash.c
index 1f6680427ff0..4a9c4ebcc371 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/crash.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/crash.c
@@ -317,18 +317,11 @@ static int exclude_mem_range(struct crash_mem *mem,
  * Look for any unwanted ranges between mstart, mend and remove them. This
  * might lead to split and split ranges are put in ced->mem.ranges[] array
  */
-static int elf_header_exclude_ranges(struct crash_elf_data *ced,
-		unsigned long long mstart, unsigned long long mend)
+static int elf_header_exclude_ranges(struct crash_elf_data *ced)
 {
 	struct crash_mem *cmem = &ced->mem;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	memset(cmem->ranges, 0, sizeof(cmem->ranges));
-
-	cmem->ranges[0].start = mstart;
-	cmem->ranges[0].end = mend;
-	cmem->nr_ranges = 1;
-
 	/* Exclude crashkernel region */
 	ret = exclude_mem_range(cmem, crashk_res.start, crashk_res.end);
 	if (ret)
@@ -346,53 +339,13 @@ static int elf_header_exclude_ranges(struct crash_elf_data *ced,
 static int prepare_elf64_ram_headers_callback(struct resource *res, void *arg)
 {
 	struct crash_elf_data *ced = arg;
-	Elf64_Ehdr *ehdr;
-	Elf64_Phdr *phdr;
-	unsigned long mstart, mend;
-	struct kimage *image = ced->image;
-	struct crash_mem *cmem;
-	int ret, i;
+	struct crash_mem *cmem = &ced->mem;
 
-	ehdr = ced->ehdr;
+	cmem->ranges[cmem->nr_ranges].start = res->start;
+	cmem->ranges[cmem->nr_ranges].end = res->end;
+	cmem->nr_ranges++;
 
-	/* Exclude unwanted mem ranges */
-	ret = elf_header_exclude_ranges(ced, res->start, res->end);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
-
-	/* Go through all the ranges in ced->mem.ranges[] and prepare phdr */
-	cmem = &ced->mem;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < cmem->nr_ranges; i++) {
-		mstart = cmem->ranges[i].start;
-		mend = cmem->ranges[i].end;
-
-		phdr = ced->bufp;
-		ced->bufp += sizeof(Elf64_Phdr);
-
-		phdr->p_type = PT_LOAD;
-		phdr->p_flags = PF_R|PF_W|PF_X;
-		phdr->p_offset  = mstart;
-
-		/*
-		 * If a range matches backup region, adjust offset to backup
-		 * segment.
-		 */
-		if (mstart == image->arch.backup_src_start &&
-		    (mend - mstart + 1) == image->arch.backup_src_sz)
-			phdr->p_offset = image->arch.backup_load_addr;
-
-		phdr->p_paddr = mstart;
-		phdr->p_vaddr = (unsigned long long) __va(mstart);
-		phdr->p_filesz = phdr->p_memsz = mend - mstart + 1;
-		phdr->p_align = 0;
-		ehdr->e_phnum++;
-		pr_debug("Crash PT_LOAD elf header. phdr=%p vaddr=0x%llx, paddr=0x%llx, sz=0x%llx e_phnum=%d p_offset=0x%llx\n",
-			phdr, phdr->p_vaddr, phdr->p_paddr, phdr->p_filesz,
-			ehdr->e_phnum, phdr->p_offset);
-	}
-
-	return ret;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int prepare_elf64_headers(struct crash_elf_data *ced,
@@ -402,9 +355,10 @@ static int prepare_elf64_headers(struct crash_elf_data *ced,
 	Elf64_Phdr *phdr;
 	unsigned long nr_cpus = num_possible_cpus(), nr_phdr, elf_sz;
 	unsigned char *buf, *bufp;
-	unsigned int cpu;
+	unsigned int cpu, i;
 	unsigned long long notes_addr;
-	int ret;
+	struct crash_mem *cmem = &ced->mem;
+	unsigned long mstart, mend;
 
 	/* extra phdr for vmcoreinfo elf note */
 	nr_phdr = nr_cpus + 1;
@@ -473,13 +427,25 @@ static int prepare_elf64_headers(struct crash_elf_data *ced,
 	(ehdr->e_phnum)++;
 #endif
 
-	/* Prepare PT_LOAD headers for system ram chunks. */
-	ced->ehdr = ehdr;
-	ced->bufp = bufp;
-	ret = walk_system_ram_res(0, -1, ced,
-			prepare_elf64_ram_headers_callback);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		return ret;
+	/* Go through all the ranges in cmem->ranges[] and prepare phdr */
+	for (i = 0; i < cmem->nr_ranges; i++) {
+		mstart = cmem->ranges[i].start;
+		mend = cmem->ranges[i].end;
+
+		phdr->p_type = PT_LOAD;
+		phdr->p_flags = PF_R|PF_W|PF_X;
+		phdr->p_offset  = mstart;
+
+		phdr->p_paddr = mstart;
+		phdr->p_vaddr = (unsigned long long) __va(mstart);
+		phdr->p_filesz = phdr->p_memsz = mend - mstart + 1;
+		phdr->p_align = 0;
+		ehdr->e_phnum++;
+		phdr++;
+		pr_debug("Crash PT_LOAD elf header. phdr=%p vaddr=0x%llx, paddr=0x%llx, sz=0x%llx e_phnum=%d p_offset=0x%llx\n",
+			phdr, phdr->p_vaddr, phdr->p_paddr, phdr->p_filesz,
+			ehdr->e_phnum, phdr->p_offset);
+	}
 
 	*addr = buf;
 	*sz = elf_sz;
@@ -491,7 +457,9 @@ static int prepare_elf_headers(struct kimage *image, void **addr,
 					unsigned long *sz)
 {
 	struct crash_elf_data *ced;
-	int ret;
+	Elf64_Ehdr *ehdr;
+	Elf64_Phdr *phdr;
+	int ret, i;
 
 	ced = kzalloc(sizeof(*ced), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!ced)
@@ -499,8 +467,35 @@ static int prepare_elf_headers(struct kimage *image, void **addr,
 
 	fill_up_crash_elf_data(ced, image);
 
+	ret = walk_system_ram_res(0, -1, ced,
+				prepare_elf64_ram_headers_callback);
+	if (ret)
+		goto out;
+
+	/* Exclude unwanted mem ranges */
+	ret = elf_header_exclude_ranges(ced);
+	if (ret)
+		goto out;
+
 	/* By default prepare 64bit headers */
 	ret =  prepare_elf64_headers(ced, addr, sz);
+	if (ret)
+		goto out;
+
+	/*
+	 * If a range matches backup region, adjust offset to backup
+	 * segment.
+	 */
+	ehdr = (Elf64_Ehdr *)*addr;
+	phdr = (Elf64_Phdr *)(ehdr + 1);
+	for (i = 0; i < ehdr->e_phnum; phdr++, i++)
+		if (phdr->p_type == PT_LOAD &&
+				phdr->p_paddr == image->arch.backup_src_start &&
+				phdr->p_memsz == image->arch.backup_src_sz) {
+			phdr->p_offset = image->arch.backup_load_addr;
+			break;
+		}
+out:
 	kfree(ced);
 	return ret;
 }