diff --git a/kernel/kexec.c b/kernel/kexec.c
index 59f7b55ba7453..2a74f307c5ec5 100644
--- a/kernel/kexec.c
+++ b/kernel/kexec.c
@@ -1474,11 +1474,8 @@ static int __init __parse_crashkernel(char *cmdline,
 	if (first_colon && (!first_space || first_colon < first_space))
 		return parse_crashkernel_mem(ck_cmdline, system_ram,
 				crash_size, crash_base);
-	else
-		return parse_crashkernel_simple(ck_cmdline, crash_size,
-				crash_base);
 
-	return 0;
+	return parse_crashkernel_simple(ck_cmdline, crash_size, crash_base);
 }
 
 /*