diff --git a/fs/pstore/ram.c b/fs/pstore/ram.c
index 59d93acc29c7..fa0e89edb62d 100644
--- a/fs/pstore/ram.c
+++ b/fs/pstore/ram.c
@@ -319,6 +319,17 @@ static int notrace ramoops_pstore_write_buf(enum pstore_type_id type,
 
 	prz = cxt->przs[cxt->dump_write_cnt];
 
+	/*
+	 * Since this is a new crash dump, we need to reset the buffer in
+	 * case it still has an old dump present. Without this, the new dump
+	 * will get appended, which would seriously confuse anything trying
+	 * to check dump file contents. Specifically, ramoops_read_kmsg_hdr()
+	 * expects to find a dump header in the beginning of buffer data, so
+	 * we must to reset the buffer values, in order to ensure that the
+	 * header will be written to the beginning of the buffer.
+	 */
+	persistent_ram_zap(prz);
+
 	hlen = ramoops_write_kmsg_hdr(prz, compressed);
 	if (size + hlen > prz->buffer_size)
 		size = prz->buffer_size - hlen;