diff --git a/kernel/kexec.c b/kernel/kexec.c
index ae1c35201cc8..f336e2107f98 100644
--- a/kernel/kexec.c
+++ b/kernel/kexec.c
@@ -1228,7 +1228,7 @@ static int __init parse_crashkernel_mem(char 			*cmdline,
 	} while (*cur++ == ',');
 
 	if (*crash_size > 0) {
-		while (*cur != ' ' && *cur != '@')
+		while (*cur && *cur != ' ' && *cur != '@')
 			cur++;
 		if (*cur == '@') {
 			cur++;