diff --git a/kernel/crash_reserve.c b/kernel/crash_reserve.c
index d3b4cd12bdd1..64d44a52c011 100644
--- a/kernel/crash_reserve.c
+++ b/kernel/crash_reserve.c
@@ -423,7 +423,8 @@ retry:
 		if (high && search_end == CRASH_ADDR_HIGH_MAX) {
 			search_end = CRASH_ADDR_LOW_MAX;
 			search_base = 0;
-			goto retry;
+			if (search_end != CRASH_ADDR_HIGH_MAX)
+				goto retry;
 		}
 		pr_warn("cannot allocate crashkernel (size:0x%llx)\n",
 			crash_size);