diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kexec/core_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kexec/core_64.c
index 85050be08a23..2e625c2cb6b9 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kexec/core_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kexec/core_64.c
@@ -456,9 +456,15 @@ static int add_node_props(void *fdt, int node_offset, const struct device_node *
  * @fdt:              Flattened device tree of the kernel.
  *
  * Returns 0 on success, negative errno on error.
+ *
+ * Note: expecting no subnodes under /cpus/<node> with device_type == "cpu".
+ * If this changes, update this function to include them.
  */
 int update_cpus_node(void *fdt)
 {
+	int prev_node_offset;
+	const char *device_type;
+	const struct fdt_property *prop;
 	struct device_node *cpus_node, *dn;
 	int cpus_offset, cpus_subnode_offset, ret = 0;
 
@@ -469,30 +475,44 @@ int update_cpus_node(void *fdt)
 		return cpus_offset;
 	}
 
-	if (cpus_offset > 0) {
-		ret = fdt_del_node(fdt, cpus_offset);
-		if (ret < 0) {
-			pr_err("Error deleting /cpus node: %s\n", fdt_strerror(ret));
-			return -EINVAL;
+	prev_node_offset = cpus_offset;
+	/* Delete sub-nodes of /cpus node with device_type == "cpu" */
+	for (cpus_subnode_offset = fdt_first_subnode(fdt, cpus_offset); cpus_subnode_offset >= 0;) {
+		/* Ignore nodes that do not have a device_type property or device_type != "cpu" */
+		prop = fdt_get_property(fdt, cpus_subnode_offset, "device_type", NULL);
+		if (!prop || strcmp(prop->data, "cpu")) {
+			prev_node_offset = cpus_subnode_offset;
+			goto next_node;
 		}
+
+		ret = fdt_del_node(fdt, cpus_subnode_offset);
+		if (ret < 0) {
+			pr_err("Failed to delete a cpus sub-node: %s\n", fdt_strerror(ret));
+			return ret;
+		}
+next_node:
+		if (prev_node_offset == cpus_offset)
+			cpus_subnode_offset = fdt_first_subnode(fdt, cpus_offset);
+		else
+			cpus_subnode_offset = fdt_next_subnode(fdt, prev_node_offset);
 	}
 
-	/* Add cpus node to fdt */
-	cpus_offset = fdt_add_subnode(fdt, fdt_path_offset(fdt, "/"), "cpus");
-	if (cpus_offset < 0) {
-		pr_err("Error creating /cpus node: %s\n", fdt_strerror(cpus_offset));
+	cpus_node = of_find_node_by_path("/cpus");
+	/* Fail here to avoid kexec/kdump kernel boot hung */
+	if (!cpus_node) {
+		pr_err("No /cpus node found\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	/* Add cpus node properties */
-	cpus_node = of_find_node_by_path("/cpus");
-	ret = add_node_props(fdt, cpus_offset, cpus_node);
-	of_node_put(cpus_node);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		return ret;
+	/* Add all /cpus sub-nodes of device_type == "cpu" to FDT */
+	for_each_child_of_node(cpus_node, dn) {
+		/* Ignore device nodes that do not have a device_type property
+		 * or device_type != "cpu".
+		 */
+		device_type = of_get_property(dn, "device_type", NULL);
+		if (!device_type || strcmp(device_type, "cpu"))
+			continue;
 
-	/* Loop through all subnodes of cpus and add them to fdt */
-	for_each_node_by_type(dn, "cpu") {
 		cpus_subnode_offset = fdt_add_subnode(fdt, cpus_offset, dn->full_name);
 		if (cpus_subnode_offset < 0) {
 			pr_err("Unable to add %s subnode: %s\n", dn->full_name,
@@ -506,6 +526,7 @@ int update_cpus_node(void *fdt)
 			goto out;
 	}
 out:
+	of_node_put(cpus_node);
 	of_node_put(dn);
 	return ret;
 }