diff --git a/kernel/kexec.c b/kernel/kexec.c
index e9a6be4d1ebb..38c25b1f2fd5 100644
--- a/kernel/kexec.c
+++ b/kernel/kexec.c
@@ -1284,19 +1284,22 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(kexec_load, unsigned long, entry, unsigned long, nr_segments,
 	if (nr_segments > 0) {
 		unsigned long i;
 
-		/* Loading another kernel to reboot into */
-		if ((flags & KEXEC_ON_CRASH) == 0)
-			result = kimage_alloc_init(&image, entry, nr_segments,
-						   segments, flags);
-		/* Loading another kernel to switch to if this one crashes */
-		else if (flags & KEXEC_ON_CRASH) {
-			/* Free any current crash dump kernel before
+		if (flags & KEXEC_ON_CRASH) {
+			/*
+			 * Loading another kernel to switch to if this one
+			 * crashes.  Free any current crash dump kernel before
 			 * we corrupt it.
 			 */
+
 			kimage_free(xchg(&kexec_crash_image, NULL));
 			result = kimage_alloc_init(&image, entry, nr_segments,
 						   segments, flags);
 			crash_map_reserved_pages();
+		} else {
+			/* Loading another kernel to reboot into. */
+
+			result = kimage_alloc_init(&image, entry, nr_segments,
+						   segments, flags);
 		}
 		if (result)
 			goto out;