diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/mgag200/mgag200_mode.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/mgag200/mgag200_mode.c
index fd98e8bbc550..2c7271f545dc 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/mgag200/mgag200_mode.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/mgag200/mgag200_mode.c
@@ -529,7 +529,10 @@ static void mgag200_set_format_regs(struct mga_device *mdev,
 	WREG_GFX(3, 0x00);
 	WREG_GFX(4, 0x00);
 	WREG_GFX(5, 0x40);
-	WREG_GFX(6, 0x05);
+	/* GCTL6 should be 0x05, but we configure memmapsl to 0xb8000 (text mode),
+	 * so that it doesn't hang when running kexec/kdump on G200_SE rev42.
+	 */
+	WREG_GFX(6, 0x0d);
 	WREG_GFX(7, 0x0f);
 	WREG_GFX(8, 0x0f);