diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c
index 3079518f2245..dc0c49cfd90a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c
@@ -999,8 +999,7 @@ static int fadump_create_elfcore_headers(char *bufp)
 
 	phdr->p_paddr	= fadump_relocate(paddr_vmcoreinfo_note());
 	phdr->p_offset	= phdr->p_paddr;
-	phdr->p_memsz	= vmcoreinfo_max_size;
-	phdr->p_filesz	= vmcoreinfo_max_size;
+	phdr->p_memsz	= phdr->p_filesz = VMCOREINFO_NOTE_SIZE;
 
 	/* Increment number of program headers. */
 	(elf->e_phnum)++;
diff --git a/include/linux/crash_core.h b/include/linux/crash_core.h
index 87506a02e914..e5df1b3cf072 100644
--- a/include/linux/crash_core.h
+++ b/include/linux/crash_core.h
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ phys_addr_t paddr_vmcoreinfo_note(void);
 
 extern u32 *vmcoreinfo_note;
 extern size_t vmcoreinfo_size;
-extern size_t vmcoreinfo_max_size;
 
 Elf_Word *append_elf_note(Elf_Word *buf, char *name, unsigned int type,
 			  void *data, size_t data_len);
diff --git a/kernel/crash_core.c b/kernel/crash_core.c
index 2837d6164db8..315adbf9cb68 100644
--- a/kernel/crash_core.c
+++ b/kernel/crash_core.c
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 /* vmcoreinfo stuff */
 static unsigned char *vmcoreinfo_data;
 size_t vmcoreinfo_size;
-size_t vmcoreinfo_max_size = VMCOREINFO_BYTES;
 u32 *vmcoreinfo_note;
 
 /*
@@ -343,7 +342,7 @@ void vmcoreinfo_append_str(const char *fmt, ...)
 	r = vscnprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), fmt, args);
 	va_end(args);
 
-	r = min(r, vmcoreinfo_max_size - vmcoreinfo_size);
+	r = min(r, (size_t)VMCOREINFO_BYTES - vmcoreinfo_size);
 
 	memcpy(&vmcoreinfo_data[vmcoreinfo_size], buf, r);