diff --git a/kernel/crash_core.c b/kernel/crash_core.c
index eb53f5ec62c90..256cf6db573cd 100644
--- a/kernel/crash_core.c
+++ b/kernel/crash_core.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/buildid.h>
 #include <linux/crash_core.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/utsname.h>
 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
 
@@ -295,6 +296,16 @@ int __init parse_crashkernel_low(char *cmdline,
 				"crashkernel=", suffix_tbl[SUFFIX_LOW]);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Add a dummy early_param handler to mark crashkernel= as a known command line
+ * parameter and suppress incorrect warnings in init/main.c.
+ */
+static int __init parse_crashkernel_dummy(char *arg)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+early_param("crashkernel", parse_crashkernel_dummy);
+
 Elf_Word *append_elf_note(Elf_Word *buf, char *name, unsigned int type,
 			  void *data, size_t data_len)
 {