diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/crash_reserve.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/crash_reserve.h
index 6467ce29b1fa..d1b570ddbf98 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/crash_reserve.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/crash_reserve.h
@@ -5,4 +5,12 @@
 /* crash kernel regions are Page size agliged */
 #define CRASH_ALIGN             PAGE_SIZE
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_GENERIC_CRASHKERNEL_RESERVATION
+static inline bool arch_add_crash_res_to_iomem(void)
+{
+	return false;
+}
+#define arch_add_crash_res_to_iomem arch_add_crash_res_to_iomem
+#endif
+
 #endif /* _ASM_POWERPC_CRASH_RESERVE_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/crash_reserve.h b/include/linux/crash_reserve.h
index 7b44b41d0a20..f0dc03d94ca2 100644
--- a/include/linux/crash_reserve.h
+++ b/include/linux/crash_reserve.h
@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@ int __init parse_crashkernel(char *cmdline, unsigned long long system_ram,
 void __init reserve_crashkernel_cma(unsigned long long cma_size);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_GENERIC_CRASHKERNEL_RESERVATION
+#ifndef arch_add_crash_res_to_iomem
+static inline bool arch_add_crash_res_to_iomem(void)
+{
+	return true;
+}
+#endif
 #ifndef DEFAULT_CRASH_KERNEL_LOW_SIZE
 #define DEFAULT_CRASH_KERNEL_LOW_SIZE	(128UL << 20)
 #endif
diff --git a/kernel/crash_reserve.c b/kernel/crash_reserve.c
index 87bf4d41eabb..62e60e0223cf 100644
--- a/kernel/crash_reserve.c
+++ b/kernel/crash_reserve.c
@@ -524,6 +524,9 @@ void __init reserve_crashkernel_cma(unsigned long long cma_size)
 #ifndef HAVE_ARCH_ADD_CRASH_RES_TO_IOMEM_EARLY
 static __init int insert_crashkernel_resources(void)
 {
+	if (!arch_add_crash_res_to_iomem())
+		return 0;
+
 	if (crashk_res.start < crashk_res.end)
 		insert_resource(&iomem_resource, &crashk_res);