diff -Naur a/kernel/kexec.c b/kernel/kexec.c
--- a/kernel/kexec.c	2010-06-08 21:17:21.850000033 +0530
+++ b/kernel/kexec.c	2010-06-08 21:19:26.190000043 +0530
@@ -1089,9 +1089,10 @@
 
 size_t crash_get_memory_size(void)
 {
-	size_t size;
+	size_t size = 0;
 	mutex_lock(&kexec_mutex);
-	size = crashk_res.end - crashk_res.start + 1;
+	if(crashk_res.end != crashk_res.start)
+		size = crashk_res.end - crashk_res.start + 1;
 	mutex_unlock(&kexec_mutex);
 	return size;
 }
@@ -1134,7 +1135,7 @@
 
 	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;