diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/crash.c b/arch/x86/kernel/crash.c
index 913fd8021f8a..bfc37ad20d4a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/crash.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/crash.c
@@ -41,32 +41,14 @@
 /* Alignment required for elf header segment */
 #define ELF_CORE_HEADER_ALIGN   4096
 
-/* This primarily represents number of split ranges due to exclusion */
-#define CRASH_MAX_RANGES	16
-
 struct crash_mem_range {
 	u64 start, end;
 };
 
 struct crash_mem {
-	unsigned int nr_ranges;
-	struct crash_mem_range ranges[CRASH_MAX_RANGES];
-};
-
-/* Misc data about ram ranges needed to prepare elf headers */
-struct crash_elf_data {
-	struct kimage *image;
-	/*
-	 * Total number of ram ranges we have after various adjustments for
-	 * crash reserved region, etc.
-	 */
 	unsigned int max_nr_ranges;
-
-	/* Pointer to elf header */
-	void *ehdr;
-	/* Pointer to next phdr */
-	void *bufp;
-	struct crash_mem mem;
+	unsigned int nr_ranges;
+	struct crash_mem_range ranges[0];
 };
 
 /* Used while preparing memory map entries for second kernel */
@@ -217,26 +199,29 @@ static int get_nr_ram_ranges_callback(struct resource *res, void *arg)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-
 /* Gather all the required information to prepare elf headers for ram regions */
-static void fill_up_crash_elf_data(struct crash_elf_data *ced,
-				   struct kimage *image)
+static struct crash_mem *fill_up_crash_elf_data(void)
 {
 	unsigned int nr_ranges = 0;
-
-	ced->image = image;
+	struct crash_mem *cmem;
 
 	walk_system_ram_res(0, -1, &nr_ranges,
 				get_nr_ram_ranges_callback);
 
-	ced->max_nr_ranges = nr_ranges;
+	/*
+	 * Exclusion of crash region and/or crashk_low_res may cause
+	 * another range split. So add extra two slots here.
+	 */
+	nr_ranges += 2;
+	cmem = vmalloc(sizeof(struct crash_mem) +
+			sizeof(struct crash_mem_range) * nr_ranges);
+	if (!cmem)
+		return NULL;
 
-	/* Exclusion of crash region could split memory ranges */
-	ced->max_nr_ranges++;
+	cmem->max_nr_ranges = nr_ranges;
+	cmem->nr_ranges = 0;
 
-	/* If crashk_low_res is not 0, another range split possible */
-	if (crashk_low_res.end)
-		ced->max_nr_ranges++;
+	return cmem;
 }
 
 static int exclude_mem_range(struct crash_mem *mem,
@@ -293,10 +278,8 @@ static int exclude_mem_range(struct crash_mem *mem,
 		return 0;
 
 	/* Split happened */
-	if (i == CRASH_MAX_RANGES - 1) {
-		pr_err("Too many crash ranges after split\n");
+	if (i == mem->max_nr_ranges - 1)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
 
 	/* Location where new range should go */
 	j = i + 1;
@@ -314,11 +297,10 @@ static int exclude_mem_range(struct crash_mem *mem,
 
 /*
  * Look for any unwanted ranges between mstart, mend and remove them. This
- * might lead to split and split ranges are put in ced->mem.ranges[] array
+ * might lead to split and split ranges are put in cmem->ranges[] array
  */
-static int elf_header_exclude_ranges(struct crash_elf_data *ced)
+static int elf_header_exclude_ranges(struct crash_mem *cmem)
 {
-	struct crash_mem *cmem = &ced->mem;
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	/* Exclude crashkernel region */
@@ -337,8 +319,7 @@ static int elf_header_exclude_ranges(struct crash_elf_data *ced)
 
 static int prepare_elf64_ram_headers_callback(struct resource *res, void *arg)
 {
-	struct crash_elf_data *ced = arg;
-	struct crash_mem *cmem = &ced->mem;
+	struct crash_mem *cmem = arg;
 
 	cmem->ranges[cmem->nr_ranges].start = res->start;
 	cmem->ranges[cmem->nr_ranges].end = res->end;
@@ -347,7 +328,7 @@ static int prepare_elf64_ram_headers_callback(struct resource *res, void *arg)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int prepare_elf64_headers(struct crash_elf_data *ced, int kernel_map,
+static int prepare_elf64_headers(struct crash_mem *cmem, int kernel_map,
 		void **addr, unsigned long *sz)
 {
 	Elf64_Ehdr *ehdr;
@@ -356,12 +337,11 @@ static int prepare_elf64_headers(struct crash_elf_data *ced, int kernel_map,
 	unsigned char *buf, *bufp;
 	unsigned int cpu, i;
 	unsigned long long notes_addr;
-	struct crash_mem *cmem = &ced->mem;
 	unsigned long mstart, mend;
 
 	/* extra phdr for vmcoreinfo elf note */
 	nr_phdr = nr_cpus + 1;
-	nr_phdr += ced->max_nr_ranges;
+	nr_phdr += cmem->nr_ranges;
 
 	/*
 	 * kexec-tools creates an extra PT_LOAD phdr for kernel text mapping
@@ -455,29 +435,27 @@ static int prepare_elf64_headers(struct crash_elf_data *ced, int kernel_map,
 static int prepare_elf_headers(struct kimage *image, void **addr,
 					unsigned long *sz)
 {
-	struct crash_elf_data *ced;
+	struct crash_mem *cmem;
 	Elf64_Ehdr *ehdr;
 	Elf64_Phdr *phdr;
 	int ret, i;
 
-	ced = kzalloc(sizeof(*ced), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!ced)
+	cmem = fill_up_crash_elf_data();
+	if (!cmem)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	fill_up_crash_elf_data(ced, image);
-
-	ret = walk_system_ram_res(0, -1, ced,
+	ret = walk_system_ram_res(0, -1, cmem,
 				prepare_elf64_ram_headers_callback);
 	if (ret)
 		goto out;
 
 	/* Exclude unwanted mem ranges */
-	ret = elf_header_exclude_ranges(ced);
+	ret = elf_header_exclude_ranges(cmem);
 	if (ret)
 		goto out;
 
 	/* By default prepare 64bit headers */
-	ret =  prepare_elf64_headers(ced,
+	ret =  prepare_elf64_headers(cmem,
 				(int)IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_X86_64), addr, sz);
 	if (ret)
 		goto out;
@@ -496,7 +474,7 @@ static int prepare_elf_headers(struct kimage *image, void **addr,
 			break;
 		}
 out:
-	kfree(ced);
+	vfree(cmem);
 	return ret;
 }
 
