diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kexec/crash.c b/arch/powerpc/kexec/crash.c
index ef5c2d25ec39769b5b29ac131dd1bae4facd03a2..61552bbb1ea8a3445b6a0a60cb500bddbd6ec576 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kexec/crash.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kexec/crash.c
@@ -356,7 +356,10 @@ void default_machine_crash_shutdown(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	if (TRAP(regs) == INTERRUPT_SYSTEM_RESET)
 		is_via_system_reset = 1;
 
-	crash_smp_send_stop();
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SMP))
+		crash_smp_send_stop();
+	else
+		crash_kexec_prepare();
 
 	crash_save_cpu(regs, crashing_cpu);