diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/fadump.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/fadump.h
index 0a4e37159276cc6631ab4c65290437ba6424501f..188776befaf9b834031f1f04a90ef9ed5b58f1d5 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/fadump.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/fadump.h
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ struct fad_crash_memory_ranges {
 	unsigned long long	size;
 };
 
-extern int is_fadump_boot_memory_area(u64 addr, ulong size);
+extern int is_fadump_memory_area(u64 addr, ulong size);
 extern int early_init_dt_scan_fw_dump(unsigned long node,
 		const char *uname, int depth, void *data);
 extern int fadump_reserve_mem(void);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c
index b7f83d6eb697b3650df490c3f1d2c38ee9afb5f5..45a8d0be1c96daf89ebea7b3c5e10853ee619cb2 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c
@@ -183,13 +183,19 @@ int __init early_init_dt_scan_fw_dump(unsigned long node,
 
 /*
  * If fadump is registered, check if the memory provided
- * falls within boot memory area.
+ * falls within boot memory area and reserved memory area.
  */
-int is_fadump_boot_memory_area(u64 addr, ulong size)
+int is_fadump_memory_area(u64 addr, ulong size)
 {
+	u64 d_start = fw_dump.reserve_dump_area_start;
+	u64 d_end = d_start + fw_dump.reserve_dump_area_size;
+
 	if (!fw_dump.dump_registered)
 		return 0;
 
+	if (((addr + size) > d_start) && (addr <= d_end))
+		return 1;
+
 	return (addr + size) > RMA_START && addr <= fw_dump.boot_memory_size;
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-memory.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-memory.c
index 3b881ac66d9a2ae112b046032c89b778f571cf6e..be8a6db3558e5a7bd662355f4cbce7b346ea5cf5 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-memory.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-memory.c
@@ -353,8 +353,11 @@ static bool lmb_is_removable(struct drmem_lmb *lmb)
 	phys_addr = lmb->base_addr;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_FA_DUMP
-	/* Don't hot-remove memory that falls in fadump boot memory area */
-	if (is_fadump_boot_memory_area(phys_addr, block_sz))
+	/*
+	 * Don't hot-remove memory that falls in fadump boot memory area
+	 * and memory that is reserved for capturing old kernel memory.
+	 */
+	if (is_fadump_memory_area(phys_addr, block_sz))
 		return false;
 #endif