static atomic_t kdump_cpu_frozen;
 atomic_t kdump_in_progress;
 static int kdump_on_init = 1;
+static int kdump_on_fatal_mca = 1;
 
 static inline Elf64_Word
 *append_elf_note(Elf64_Word *buf, char *name, unsigned type, void *data,
        struct ia64_mca_notify_die *nd;
        struct die_args *args = data;
 
-       if (!kdump_on_init)
+       if (!kdump_on_init && !kdump_on_fatal_mca)
                return NOTIFY_DONE;
 
        if (!ia64_kimage) {
 
        switch (val) {
                case DIE_INIT_MONARCH_PROCESS:
-                       atomic_set(&kdump_in_progress, 1);
-                       *(nd->monarch_cpu) = -1;
+                       if (kdump_on_init) {
+                               atomic_set(&kdump_in_progress, 1);
+                               *(nd->monarch_cpu) = -1;
+                       }
                        break;
                case DIE_INIT_MONARCH_LEAVE:
-                       machine_kdump_on_init();
+                       if (kdump_on_init)
+                               machine_kdump_on_init();
                        break;
                case DIE_INIT_SLAVE_LEAVE:
                        if (atomic_read(&kdump_in_progress))
                                unw_init_running(kdump_cpu_freeze, NULL);
                        break;
                case DIE_MCA_MONARCH_LEAVE:
-                    /* die_register->signr indicate if MCA is recoverable */
-                       if (!args->signr)
+                       /* die_register->signr indicate if MCA is recoverable */
+                       if (kdump_on_fatal_mca && !args->signr) {
+                               atomic_set(&kdump_in_progress, 1);
+                               *(nd->monarch_cpu) = -1;
                                machine_kdump_on_init();
+                       }
                        break;
        }
        return NOTIFY_DONE;
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
-static ctl_table kdump_on_init_table[] = {
+static ctl_table kdump_ctl_table[] = {
        {
                .ctl_name = CTL_UNNUMBERED,
                .procname = "kdump_on_init",
                .mode = 0644,
                .proc_handler = &proc_dointvec,
        },
+       {
+               .ctl_name = CTL_UNNUMBERED,
+               .procname = "kdump_on_fatal_mca",
+               .data = &kdump_on_fatal_mca,
+               .maxlen = sizeof(int),
+               .mode = 0644,
+               .proc_handler = &proc_dointvec,
+       },
        { .ctl_name = 0 }
 };
 
          .ctl_name = CTL_KERN,
          .procname = "kernel",
          .mode = 0555,
-         .child = kdump_on_init_table,
+         .child = kdump_ctl_table,
        },
        { .ctl_name = 0 }
 };