diff --git a/kernel/crash_core.c b/kernel/crash_core.c
index 256cf6db573c..4d57c03714f4 100644
--- a/kernel/crash_core.c
+++ b/kernel/crash_core.c
@@ -243,9 +243,8 @@ static int __init __parse_crashkernel(char *cmdline,
 	*crash_base = 0;
 
 	ck_cmdline = get_last_crashkernel(cmdline, name, suffix);
-
 	if (!ck_cmdline)
-		return -EINVAL;
+		return -ENOENT;
 
 	ck_cmdline += strlen(name);