diff --git a/kernel/kexec_core.c b/kernel/kexec_core.c
index a0b6780740c8a24650b3d12c6abe79e70c2e0f95..f04d04d1b855db8221ba8423497f35c6d7c2fc3b 100644
--- a/kernel/kexec_core.c
+++ b/kernel/kexec_core.c
@@ -1165,7 +1165,7 @@ int kernel_kexec(void)
 #endif
 	{
 		kexec_in_progress = true;
-		kernel_restart_prepare(NULL);
+		kernel_restart_prepare("kexec reboot");
 		migrate_to_reboot_cpu();
 
 		/*