diff --git a/fs/proc/vmcore.c b/fs/proc/vmcore.c
index 2367fb3f70bc..74802bc5ded9 100644
--- a/fs/proc/vmcore.c
+++ b/fs/proc/vmcore.c
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ static int __init parse_crash_elf64_headers(void)
 	/* Do some basic Verification. */
 	if (memcmp(ehdr.e_ident, ELFMAG, SELFMAG) != 0 ||
 		(ehdr.e_type != ET_CORE) ||
-		!vmcore_elf_check_arch(&ehdr) ||
+		!vmcore_elf64_check_arch(&ehdr) ||
 		ehdr.e_ident[EI_CLASS] != ELFCLASS64 ||
 		ehdr.e_ident[EI_VERSION] != EV_CURRENT ||
 		ehdr.e_version != EV_CURRENT ||
diff --git a/include/linux/crash_dump.h b/include/linux/crash_dump.h
index 0026f267da20..088cd4ace4ef 100644
--- a/include/linux/crash_dump.h
+++ b/include/linux/crash_dump.h
@@ -20,7 +20,14 @@ extern ssize_t copy_oldmem_page(unsigned long, char *, size_t,
 #define vmcore_elf_check_arch_cross(x) 0
 #endif
 
-#define vmcore_elf_check_arch(x) (elf_check_arch(x) || vmcore_elf_check_arch_cross(x))
+/*
+ * Architecture code can redefine this if there are any special checks
+ * needed for 64-bit ELF vmcores. In case of 32-bit only architecture,
+ * this can be set to zero.
+ */
+#ifndef vmcore_elf64_check_arch
+#define vmcore_elf64_check_arch(x) (elf_check_arch(x) || vmcore_elf_check_arch_cross(x))
+#endif
 
 /*
  * is_kdump_kernel() checks whether this kernel is booting after a panic of