diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c b/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
index 284a80c0b6e1..7646d3ade56c 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
@@ -1004,7 +1004,8 @@ static void __init reserve_crashkernel(void)
 	total_mem = get_total_mem();
 	ret = parse_crashkernel(boot_command_line, total_mem,
 				&crash_size, &crash_base);
-	if (ret)
+	/* invalid value specified or crashkernel=0 */
+	if (ret || !crash_size)
 		return;
 
 	if (crash_base <= 0) {