diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdoops.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdoops.c
index a714ec482761fbba566379e31b6b8b3a147c5d78..92e12df0917f38ef59a4943fe7aa0dedbb46ecee 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdoops.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdoops.c
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ static void mtdoops_do_dump(struct kmsg_dumper *dumper,
 	memcpy(dst + l1_cpy, s2 + s2_start, l2_cpy);
 
 	/* Panics must be written immediately */
-	if (reason == KMSG_DUMP_PANIC) {
+	if (reason != KMSG_DUMP_OOPS) {
 		if (!cxt->mtd->panic_write)
 			printk(KERN_ERR "mtdoops: Cannot write from panic without panic_write\n");
 		else
diff --git a/include/linux/kmsg_dump.h b/include/linux/kmsg_dump.h
index e32aa268efacd6bce48356ddda9fe2d126adfc27..24b44145a886f75115ce0dc8b4c70d6a67aca163 100644
--- a/include/linux/kmsg_dump.h
+++ b/include/linux/kmsg_dump.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 enum kmsg_dump_reason {
 	KMSG_DUMP_OOPS,
 	KMSG_DUMP_PANIC,
+	KMSG_DUMP_KEXEC,
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/kernel/kexec.c b/kernel/kexec.c
index 433e9fcc1fc5197433a3b5f4efa0c08a467119d4..ae217488fef86b074b35c8236c3f3ec33f9e3ae0 100644
--- a/kernel/kexec.c
+++ b/kernel/kexec.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include <linux/console.h>
 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
 #include <linux/swap.h>
+#include <linux/kmsg_dump.h>
 
 #include <asm/page.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
@@ -1074,6 +1075,9 @@ void crash_kexec(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	if (mutex_trylock(&kexec_mutex)) {
 		if (kexec_crash_image) {
 			struct pt_regs fixed_regs;
+
+			kmsg_dump(KMSG_DUMP_KEXEC);
+
 			crash_setup_regs(&fixed_regs, regs);
 			crash_save_vmcoreinfo();
 			machine_crash_shutdown(&fixed_regs);
diff --git a/kernel/panic.c b/kernel/panic.c
index 5827f7b972542f10d9accb69e218af4f7b105c91..c787333282b8c4e82a5eb125ca99efd480a94f7a 100644
--- a/kernel/panic.c
+++ b/kernel/panic.c
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ NORET_TYPE void panic(const char * fmt, ...)
 	dump_stack();
 #endif
 
-	kmsg_dump(KMSG_DUMP_PANIC);
 	/*
 	 * If we have crashed and we have a crash kernel loaded let it handle
 	 * everything else.
@@ -83,6 +82,8 @@ NORET_TYPE void panic(const char * fmt, ...)
 	 */
 	crash_kexec(NULL);
 
+	kmsg_dump(KMSG_DUMP_PANIC);
+
 	/*
 	 * Note smp_send_stop is the usual smp shutdown function, which
 	 * unfortunately means it may not be hardened to work in a panic
diff --git a/kernel/printk.c b/kernel/printk.c
index 1ded8e7dd19b5fde61542b950ba3bb2d41f0690b..2c9dc0b03a5e6880048af5058a7a9082fbc0770e 100644
--- a/kernel/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk.c
@@ -1467,6 +1467,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kmsg_dump_unregister);
 static const char const *kmsg_reasons[] = {
 	[KMSG_DUMP_OOPS]	= "oops",
 	[KMSG_DUMP_PANIC]	= "panic",
+	[KMSG_DUMP_KEXEC]	= "kexec",
 };
 
 static const char *kmsg_to_str(enum kmsg_dump_reason reason)