diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c
index 0874684683a4..b59ee7053bba 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c
@@ -1285,7 +1285,6 @@ static void fadump_release_reserved_area(u64 start, u64 end)
 static void sort_and_merge_mem_ranges(struct fadump_mrange_info *mrange_info)
 {
 	struct fadump_memory_range *mem_ranges;
-	struct fadump_memory_range tmp_range;
 	u64 base, size;
 	int i, j, idx;
 
@@ -1300,11 +1299,8 @@ static void sort_and_merge_mem_ranges(struct fadump_mrange_info *mrange_info)
 			if (mem_ranges[idx].base > mem_ranges[j].base)
 				idx = j;
 		}
-		if (idx != i) {
-			tmp_range = mem_ranges[idx];
-			mem_ranges[idx] = mem_ranges[i];
-			mem_ranges[i] = tmp_range;
-		}
+		if (idx != i)
+			swap(mem_ranges[idx], mem_ranges[i]);
 	}
 
 	/* Merge adjacent reserved ranges */