diff --git a/kernel/panic.c b/kernel/panic.c
index 32ff6fd30..b1b3644d9 100644
--- a/kernel/panic.c
+++ b/kernel/panic.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ static unsigned long tainted_mask;
 static int pause_on_oops;
 static int pause_on_oops_flag;
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(pause_on_oops_lock);
-bool crash_kexec_post_notifiers;
+bool crash_kexec_post_notifiers = true;
 int panic_on_warn __read_mostly;
 
 int panic_timeout = CONFIG_PANIC_TIMEOUT;