diff -Naur a/kernel/kexec.c b/kernel/kexec.c
--- a/kernel/kexec.c	2010-06-07 18:45:55.050000000 +0530
+++ b/kernel/kexec.c	2010-06-07 18:50:28.070000004 +0530
@@ -1134,7 +1134,7 @@
 
 	free_reserved_phys_range(end, crashk_res.end);
 
-	if (start == end)
+	if ((start == end) && (crashk_res.parent != NULL))
 		release_resource(&crashk_res);
 	crashk_res.end = end - 1;