diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c b/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
index 4e80bf7420d4..8e9a3e40d949 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
@@ -987,6 +987,9 @@ static void __init reserve_crashkernel(void)
 
 	if (crash_base <= 0) {
 		unsigned long long crash_max = idmap_to_phys((u32)~0);
+		unsigned long long lowmem_max = __pa(high_memory - 1) + 1;
+		if (crash_max > lowmem_max)
+			crash_max = lowmem_max;
 		crash_base = memblock_find_in_range(CRASH_ALIGN, crash_max,
 						    crash_size, CRASH_ALIGN);
 		if (!crash_base) {