diff -up kexec-tools-testing-20070330/makedumpfile/makedumpfile.c.orig1 kexec-tools-testing-20070330/makedumpfile/makedumpfile.c
--- kexec-tools-testing-20070330/makedumpfile/makedumpfile.c.orig1	2009-06-12 09:31:15.000000000 -0400
+++ kexec-tools-testing-20070330/makedumpfile/makedumpfile.c	2009-06-12 09:31:33.000000000 -0400
@@ -3274,6 +3274,9 @@ initial()
 		unlink(info->name_vmcoreinfo);
 	}
 
+	if (!get_machdep_info())
+		return FALSE;
+
 	if (info->dump_level <= DL_EXCLUDE_ZERO) {
 		if (!get_mem_map_without_mm())
 			return FALSE;
@@ -3281,9 +3284,6 @@ initial()
 			return TRUE;
 	}
 
-	if (!get_machdep_info())
-		return FALSE;
-
 	if (!get_utsname(&info->system_utsname))
 		return FALSE;