--- zzzz-none-000/linux-3.10.107/arch/mips/kernel/relocate_kernel.S	2017-06-27 09:49:32.000000000 +0000
+++ vr9-7490-729/linux-3.10.107/arch/mips/kernel/relocate_kernel.S	2021-11-10 11:53:54.000000000 +0000
@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@
 	PTR_L		s2, (s0)
 	PTR_ADD		s0, s0, SZREG
 
+	/*
+	 * In case of a kdump/crash kernel, the indirection page is not
+	 * populated as the kernel is directly copied to a reserved location
+	 */
+	beqz		s2, done
+
 	/* destination page */
 	and		s3, s2, 0x1
 	beq		s3, zero, 1f