diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index fc4ecfe..2be9b96 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -580,6 +580,15 @@ config FA_DUMP
 	  If unsure, say "y". Only special kernels like petitboot may
 	  need to say "N" here.
 
+config PRESERVE_FA_DUMP
+	bool "Preserve Firmware-assisted dump"
+	depends on PPC64 && PPC_POWERNV && !FA_DUMP
+	help
+	  On a kernel with FA_DUMP disabled, this option helps to preserve
+	  crash data from a previously crash'ed kernel. Useful when the next
+	  memory preserving kernel boot would process this crash data.
+	  Petitboot kernel is the typical usecase for this option.
+
 config IRQ_ALL_CPUS
 	bool "Distribute interrupts on all CPUs by default"
 	depends on SMP
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/fadump.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/fadump.h
index e608d34..fd990d8 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/fadump.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/fadump.h
@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@
 extern int crashing_cpu;
 
 extern int is_fadump_memory_area(u64 addr, ulong size);
-extern int early_init_dt_scan_fw_dump(unsigned long node,
-		const char *uname, int depth, void *data);
-extern int fadump_reserve_mem(void);
 extern int setup_fadump(void);
 extern int is_fadump_active(void);
 extern int should_fadump_crash(void);
@@ -29,4 +26,10 @@ static inline int should_fadump_crash(void) { return 0; }
 static inline void crash_fadump(struct pt_regs *regs, const char *str) { }
 static inline void fadump_cleanup(void) { }
 #endif /* !CONFIG_FA_DUMP */
+
+#if defined(CONFIG_FA_DUMP) || defined(CONFIG_PRESERVE_FA_DUMP)
+extern int early_init_dt_scan_fw_dump(unsigned long node, const char *uname,
+				      int depth, void *data);
+extern int fadump_reserve_mem(void);
+#endif
 #endif /* __PPC64_FA_DUMP_H__ */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile
index 439d548..6abaead 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile
@@ -78,7 +78,11 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_EEH)              += eeh.o eeh_pe.o eeh_dev.o eeh_cache.o \
 				  eeh_driver.o eeh_event.o eeh_sysfs.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_GENERIC_TBSYNC)	+= smp-tbsync.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP)	+= crash_dump.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_FA_DUMP)		+= fadump.o fadump-common.o
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_FA_DUMP),y)
+obj-y				+= fadump.o fadump-common.o
+else
+obj-$(CONFIG_PRESERVE_FA_DUMP)	+= fadump.o
+endif
 ifdef CONFIG_PPC32
 obj-$(CONFIG_E500)		+= idle_e500.o
 endif
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump-common.h b/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump-common.h
index d1ff5b2..ba8481b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump-common.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump-common.h
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #ifndef __PPC64_FA_DUMP_INTERNAL_H__
 #define __PPC64_FA_DUMP_INTERNAL_H__
 
+#ifndef CONFIG_PRESERVE_FA_DUMP
 /*
  * The RMA region will be saved for later dumping when kernel crashes.
  * RMA is Real Mode Area, the first block of logical memory address owned
@@ -157,6 +158,16 @@ void fadump_update_elfcore_header(struct fw_dump *fadump_config, char *bufp);
 int is_fadump_boot_mem_contiguous(struct fw_dump *fadump_conf);
 int is_fadump_reserved_mem_contiguous(struct fw_dump *fadump_conf);
 
+#else /* !CONFIG_PRESERVE_FA_DUMP */
+
+/* Firmware-assisted dump configuration details. */
+struct fw_dump {
+	unsigned long	boot_mem_top;
+	unsigned long	dump_active;
+};
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_PRESERVE_FA_DUMP */
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_PSERIES
 extern int rtas_fadump_dt_scan(struct fw_dump *fadump_config, ulong node);
 #else
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c
index 665104a..43038f5 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ static struct fw_dump fw_dump;
 
 static void __init fadump_reserve_crash_area(unsigned long base);
 
+#ifndef CONFIG_PRESERVE_FA_DUMP
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(fadump_mutex);
 struct fadump_mrange_info crash_mrange_info = { "crash", NULL, 0, 0, 0 };
 struct fadump_mrange_info reserved_mrange_info = { "reserved", NULL, 0, 0, 0 };
@@ -384,11 +385,6 @@ int __init fadump_reserve_mem(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-unsigned long __init arch_reserved_kernel_pages(void)
-{
-	return memblock_reserved_size() / PAGE_SIZE;
-}
-
 /* Look for fadump= cmdline option. */
 static int __init early_fadump_param(char *p)
 {
@@ -1221,6 +1217,38 @@ int __init setup_fadump(void)
 	return 1;
 }
 subsys_initcall(setup_fadump);
+#else /* !CONFIG_PRESERVE_FA_DUMP */
+
+/* Scan the Firmware Assisted dump configuration details. */
+int __init early_init_dt_scan_fw_dump(unsigned long node, const char *uname,
+				      int depth, void *data)
+{
+	if ((depth != 1) || (strcmp(uname, "ibm,opal") != 0))
+		return 0;
+
+	return opal_fadump_dt_scan(&fw_dump, node);
+}
+
+/*
+ * When dump is active but PRESERVE_FA_DUMP is enabled on the kernel,
+ * preserve crash data. The subsequent memory preserving kernel boot
+ * is likely to process this crash data.
+ */
+int __init fadump_reserve_mem(void)
+{
+	if (fw_dump.dump_active) {
+		/*
+		 * If last boot has crashed then reserve all the memory
+		 * above boot memory to preserve crash data.
+		 */
+		pr_info("Preserving crash data for processing in next boot.\n");
+		fadump_reserve_crash_area(PAGE_ALIGN(fw_dump.boot_mem_top));
+	} else
+		pr_debug("FADump-aware kernel..\n");
+
+	return 1;
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_PRESERVE_FA_DUMP */
 
 /* Preserve everything above the base address */
 static void __init fadump_reserve_crash_area(unsigned long base)
@@ -1245,3 +1273,8 @@ static void __init fadump_reserve_crash_area(unsigned long base)
 		memblock_reserve(mstart, msize);
 	}
 }
+
+unsigned long __init arch_reserved_kernel_pages(void)
+{
+	return memblock_reserved_size() / PAGE_SIZE;
+}
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
index 7159e79..9c3861bd 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
@@ -704,7 +704,7 @@ void __init early_init_devtree(void *params)
 	of_scan_flat_dt(early_init_dt_scan_opal, NULL);
 #endif
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_FA_DUMP
+#if defined(CONFIG_FA_DUMP) || defined(CONFIG_PRESERVE_FA_DUMP)
 	/* scan tree to see if dump is active during last boot */
 	of_scan_flat_dt(early_init_dt_scan_fw_dump, NULL);
 #endif
@@ -731,7 +731,7 @@ void __init early_init_devtree(void *params)
 	if (PHYSICAL_START > MEMORY_START)
 		memblock_reserve(MEMORY_START, 0x8000);
 	reserve_kdump_trampoline();
-#ifdef CONFIG_FA_DUMP
+#if defined(CONFIG_FA_DUMP) || defined(CONFIG_PRESERVE_FA_DUMP)
 	/*
 	 * If we fail to reserve memory for firmware-assisted dump then
 	 * fallback to kexec based kdump.
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/Makefile
index 43a6e1c..b4a8022 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/Makefile
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ obj-y			+= opal-kmsg.o opal-powercap.o opal-psr.o opal-sensor-groups.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_SMP)	+= smp.o subcore.o subcore-asm.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_FA_DUMP)	+= opal-fadump.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_PRESERVE_FA_DUMP)	+= opal-fadump.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PCI)	+= pci.o pci-ioda.o npu-dma.o pci-ioda-tce.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CXL_BASE)	+= pci-cxl.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_EEH)	+= eeh-powernv.o
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-fadump.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-fadump.c
index 9a32a7f..85a89c0 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-fadump.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-fadump.c
@@ -22,6 +22,70 @@
 #include "../../kernel/fadump-common.h"
 #include "opal-fadump.h"
 
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_PRESERVE_FA_DUMP
+/*
+ * When dump is active but PRESERVE_FA_DUMP is enabled on the kernel,
+ * ensure crash data is preserved in hope that the subsequent memory
+ * preserving kernel boot is going to process this crash data.
+ */
+int __init opal_fadump_dt_scan(struct fw_dump *fadump_conf, ulong node)
+{
+	unsigned long dn;
+	const __be32 *prop;
+
+	dn = of_get_flat_dt_subnode_by_name(node, "dump");
+	if (dn == -FDT_ERR_NOTFOUND)
+		return 1;
+
+	/*
+	 * Check if dump has been initiated on last reboot.
+	 */
+	prop = of_get_flat_dt_prop(dn, "mpipl-boot", NULL);
+	if (prop) {
+		u64 addr = 0;
+		s64 ret;
+		const struct opal_fadump_mem_struct *r_opal_fdm_active;
+
+		ret = opal_mpipl_query_tag(OPAL_MPIPL_TAG_KERNEL, &addr);
+		if ((ret != OPAL_SUCCESS) || !addr) {
+			pr_debug("Could not get Kernel metadata (%lld)\n", ret);
+			return 1;
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * Preserve memory only if kernel memory regions are registered
+		 * with f/w for MPIPL.
+		 */
+		addr = be64_to_cpu(addr);
+		pr_debug("Kernel metadata addr: %llx\n", addr);
+		r_opal_fdm_active = (void *)addr;
+		if (r_opal_fdm_active->registered_regions == 0)
+			return 1;
+
+		ret = opal_mpipl_query_tag(OPAL_MPIPL_TAG_BOOT_MEM, &addr);
+		if ((ret != OPAL_SUCCESS) || !addr) {
+			pr_err("Failed to get boot memory tag (%lld)\n", ret);
+			return 1;
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * Anything below this address can be used for booting a
+		 * capture kernel or petitboot kernel. Preserve everything
+		 * above this address for processing crashdump.
+		 */
+		fadump_conf->boot_mem_top = be64_to_cpu(addr);
+		pr_debug("Preserve everything above %lx\n",
+			 fadump_conf->boot_mem_top);
+
+		pr_info("Firmware-assisted dump is active.\n");
+		fadump_conf->dump_active = 1;
+	}
+
+	return 1;
+}
+
+#else /* CONFIG_PRESERVE_FA_DUMP */
 static const struct opal_fadump_mem_struct *opal_fdm_active;
 static const struct opal_mpipl_fadump *opal_cpu_metadata;
 static struct opal_fadump_mem_struct *opal_fdm;
@@ -189,6 +253,17 @@ static int opal_fadump_setup_metadata(struct fw_dump *fadump_conf)
 		err = -EPERM;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Register boot memory top address with f/w. Should be retrieved
+	 * by a kernel that intends to preserve crash'ed kernel's memory.
+	 */
+	ret = opal_mpipl_register_tag(OPAL_MPIPL_TAG_BOOT_MEM,
+				      fadump_conf->boot_memory_size);
+	if (ret != OPAL_SUCCESS) {
+		pr_err("Failed to set boot memory tag!\n");
+		err = -EPERM;
+	}
+
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -654,3 +729,4 @@ int __init opal_fadump_dt_scan(struct fw_dump *fadump_conf, ulong node)
 
 	return 1;
 }
+#endif /* !CONFIG_PRESERVE_FA_DUMP */
