diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/machine_kexec.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/machine_kexec.c
index 936c7e2d421e..b53401334e81 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/machine_kexec.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/machine_kexec.c
@@ -188,7 +188,12 @@ void __init reserve_crashkernel(void)
 			(unsigned long)(crashk_res.start >> 20),
 			(unsigned long)(memblock_phys_mem_size() >> 20));
 
-	memblock_reserve(crashk_res.start, crash_size);
+	if (!memblock_is_region_memory(crashk_res.start, crash_size) ||
+	    memblock_reserve(crashk_res.start, crash_size)) {
+		pr_err("Failed to reserve memory for crashkernel!\n");
+		crashk_res.start = crashk_res.end = 0;
+		return;
+	}
 }
 
 int overlaps_crashkernel(unsigned long start, unsigned long size)