diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/ipl.c b/arch/s390/kernel/ipl.c
index 8c672e36b397..b1e798f8e1dd 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/ipl.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/ipl.c
@@ -1929,7 +1929,8 @@ static struct shutdown_action __refdata dump_action = {
 static void dump_reipl_run(struct shutdown_trigger *trigger)
 {
 	struct lowcore *abs_lc;
-	unsigned int csum;
+	unsigned long ipib = 0;
+	unsigned int csum = 0;
 
 	/*
 	 * Set REIPL_CLEAR flag in os_info flags entry indicating
@@ -1945,9 +1946,12 @@ static void dump_reipl_run(struct shutdown_trigger *trigger)
 	    reipl_type == IPL_TYPE_UNKNOWN)
 		os_info_flags |= OS_INFO_FLAG_REIPL_CLEAR;
 	os_info_entry_add_data(OS_INFO_FLAGS_ENTRY, &os_info_flags, sizeof(os_info_flags));
-	csum = (__force unsigned int)cksm(reipl_block_actual, reipl_block_actual->hdr.len, 0);
+	if (reipl_block_actual) {
+		ipib = __pa(reipl_block_actual);
+		csum = (__force unsigned int)cksm(reipl_block_actual, reipl_block_actual->hdr.len, 0);
+	}
 	abs_lc = get_abs_lowcore();
-	abs_lc->ipib = __pa(reipl_block_actual);
+	abs_lc->ipib = ipib;
 	abs_lc->ipib_checksum = csum;
 	put_abs_lowcore(abs_lc);
 	dump_run(trigger);