diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c
index d03e488cfe9c..cf92f3fb17d2 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c
@@ -1637,9 +1637,11 @@ int __init setup_fadump(void)
 		if (fw_dump.ops->fadump_process(&fw_dump) < 0)
 			fadump_invalidate_release_mem();
 	}
-	/* Initialize the kernel dump memory structure for FAD registration. */
-	else if (fw_dump.reserve_dump_area_size)
+	/* Initialize the kernel dump memory structure and register with f/w */
+	else if (fw_dump.reserve_dump_area_size) {
 		fw_dump.ops->fadump_init_mem_struct(&fw_dump);
+		register_fadump();
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * In case of panic, fadump is triggered via ppc_panic_event()
@@ -1651,7 +1653,12 @@ int __init setup_fadump(void)
 
 	return 1;
 }
-subsys_initcall(setup_fadump);
+/*
+ * Use subsys_initcall_sync() here because there is dependency with
+ * crash_save_vmcoreinfo_init(), which mush run first to ensure vmcoreinfo initialization
+ * is done before regisering with f/w.
+ */
+subsys_initcall_sync(setup_fadump);
 #else /* !CONFIG_PRESERVE_FA_DUMP */
 
 /* Scan the Firmware Assisted dump configuration details. */