diff --git a/kernel/kexec_file.c b/kernel/kexec_file.c
index 3d64290d24c9..3eedb8c226ad 100644
--- a/kernel/kexec_file.c
+++ b/kernel/kexec_file.c
@@ -752,7 +752,7 @@ static int kexec_calculate_store_digests(struct kimage *image)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_CRASH_HOTPLUG
 		/* Exclude elfcorehdr segment to allow future changes via hotplug */
-		if (j == image->elfcorehdr_index)
+		if (i == image->elfcorehdr_index)
 			continue;
 #endif