diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 9973a7e2e0ac5a1ff7e55f38c7b724d52c60cc3e..b9f67781c577d04118de98dee652baa32568618b 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -2361,6 +2361,14 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
 			timeout < 0: reboot immediately
 			Format: <timeout>
 
+	crash_kexec_post_notifiers
+			Run kdump after running panic-notifiers and dumping
+			kmsg. This only for the users who doubt kdump always
+			succeeds in any situation.
+			Note that this also increases risks of kdump failure,
+			because some panic notifiers can make the crashed
+			kernel more unstable.
+
 	parkbd.port=	[HW] Parallel port number the keyboard adapter is
 			connected to, default is 0.
 			Format: <parport#>
diff --git a/kernel/panic.c b/kernel/panic.c
index d02fa9fef46ae14c218826e4c5e271ac8894aa51..62e16cef9cc23e848f524ed650617741d69069bd 100644
--- a/kernel/panic.c
+++ b/kernel/panic.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ static unsigned long tainted_mask;
 static int pause_on_oops;
 static int pause_on_oops_flag;
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(pause_on_oops_lock);
+static bool crash_kexec_post_notifiers;
 
 int panic_timeout = CONFIG_PANIC_TIMEOUT;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(panic_timeout);
@@ -112,9 +113,11 @@ void panic(const char *fmt, ...)
 	/*
 	 * If we have crashed and we have a crash kernel loaded let it handle
 	 * everything else.
-	 * Do we want to call this before we try to display a message?
+	 * If we want to run this after calling panic_notifiers, pass
+	 * the "crash_kexec_post_notifiers" option to the kernel.
 	 */
-	crash_kexec(NULL);
+	if (!crash_kexec_post_notifiers)
+		crash_kexec(NULL);
 
 	/*
 	 * Note smp_send_stop is the usual smp shutdown function, which
@@ -131,6 +134,15 @@ void panic(const char *fmt, ...)
 
 	kmsg_dump(KMSG_DUMP_PANIC);
 
+	/*
+	 * If you doubt kdump always works fine in any situation,
+	 * "crash_kexec_post_notifiers" offers you a chance to run
+	 * panic_notifiers and dumping kmsg before kdump.
+	 * Note: since some panic_notifiers can make crashed kernel
+	 * more unstable, it can increase risks of the kdump failure too.
+	 */
+	crash_kexec(NULL);
+
 	bust_spinlocks(0);
 
 	if (!panic_blink)
@@ -472,6 +484,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__stack_chk_fail);
 core_param(panic, panic_timeout, int, 0644);
 core_param(pause_on_oops, pause_on_oops, int, 0644);
 
+static int __init setup_crash_kexec_post_notifiers(char *s)
+{
+	crash_kexec_post_notifiers = true;
+	return 0;
+}
+early_param("crash_kexec_post_notifiers", setup_crash_kexec_post_notifiers);
+
 static int __init oops_setup(char *s)
 {
 	if (!s)