diff --git a/src/kdump-tools/patch/0004-disable-kdump-load-check.patch b/src/kdump-tools/patch/0004-disable-kdump-load-check.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..24128d930b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/kdump-tools/patch/0004-disable-kdump-load-check.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+diff --git a/debian/kdump-config.in b/debian/kdump-config.in
+index ded079f..dcf2991 100755
+--- a/debian/kdump-config.in
++++ b/debian/kdump-config.in
+@@ -487,11 +487,6 @@ kdump_create_symlinks()
+ {
+ 	kernel_version=$1
+ 
+-	if [ -e $sys_kexec_crash ] && [ "$(cat $sys_kexec_crash)" -eq 1 ] ; then
+-		log_failure_msg "Cannot change symbolic links when kdump is loaded"
+-		exit 1
+-	fi
+-
+ 	if [ -e "/boot/vmlinux-${kernel_version}" ] || [ -e "/boot/vmlinuz-${kernel_version}" ]; then
+ 		create_symlink vmlinuz "$kernel_version"
+ 
diff --git a/src/kdump-tools/patch/series b/src/kdump-tools/patch/series
index 0af2c976020..369545368bc 100644
--- a/src/kdump-tools/patch/series
+++ b/src/kdump-tools/patch/series
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 0002-core-file-prefixed-by-kdump.patch
 0003-Revert-the-MODULES-dep-optimization.patch
+0004-disable-kdump-load-check.patch