diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/setup_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/setup_64.c
index 26d60cc0e370..ec65696ca2cd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup_64.c
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ static void __init reserve_crashkernel(void)
 			return;
 		}
 
-		if (reserve_bootmem(crash_base, crash_size,
+		if (reserve_bootmem_generic(crash_base, crash_size,
 					BOOTMEM_EXCLUSIVE) < 0) {
 			printk(KERN_INFO "crashkernel reservation failed - "
 					"memory is in use\n");