diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/crash.c b/arch/x86/kernel/crash.c
index c8b07d8ea5a2bba61448b169a0cd0ea3daa086ad..17ffc869cab822d03e85baea56bade232a0e4598 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/crash.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/crash.c
@@ -470,6 +470,7 @@ int crash_load_segments(struct kimage *image)
 
 	kbuf.memsz = kbuf.bufsz;
 	kbuf.buf_align = ELF_CORE_HEADER_ALIGN;
+	kbuf.mem = KEXEC_BUF_MEM_UNKNOWN;
 	ret = kexec_add_buffer(&kbuf);
 	if (ret) {
 		vfree((void *)image->arch.elf_headers);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kexec-bzimage64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kexec-bzimage64.c
index 278cd07228dd886778cabf708dd2b1237a318d72..0d5efa34f35966f0b272797f737252ed8bdb23a6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/kexec-bzimage64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kexec-bzimage64.c
@@ -434,6 +434,7 @@ static void *bzImage64_load(struct kimage *image, char *kernel,
 	kbuf.memsz = PAGE_ALIGN(header->init_size);
 	kbuf.buf_align = header->kernel_alignment;
 	kbuf.buf_min = MIN_KERNEL_LOAD_ADDR;
+	kbuf.mem = KEXEC_BUF_MEM_UNKNOWN;
 	ret = kexec_add_buffer(&kbuf);
 	if (ret)
 		goto out_free_params;
@@ -448,6 +449,7 @@ static void *bzImage64_load(struct kimage *image, char *kernel,
 		kbuf.bufsz = kbuf.memsz = initrd_len;
 		kbuf.buf_align = PAGE_SIZE;
 		kbuf.buf_min = MIN_INITRD_LOAD_ADDR;
+		kbuf.mem = KEXEC_BUF_MEM_UNKNOWN;
 		ret = kexec_add_buffer(&kbuf);
 		if (ret)
 			goto out_free_params;