diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_mem.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_mem.c
index 76d8aef3cfd29817028ce5ae488a72e2897b6bae..3573b78f6b050533ca6e766f984553a3437a8d06 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_mem.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_mem.c
@@ -223,6 +223,9 @@ struct virtio_mem {
 	 * When this lock is held the pointers can't change, ONLINE and
 	 * OFFLINE blocks can't change the state and no subblocks will get
 	 * plugged/unplugged.
+	 *
+	 * In kdump mode, used to serialize requests, last_block_addr and
+	 * last_block_plugged.
 	 */
 	struct mutex hotplug_mutex;
 	bool hotplug_active;
@@ -230,6 +233,9 @@ struct virtio_mem {
 	/* An error occurred we cannot handle - stop processing requests. */
 	bool broken;
 
+	/* Cached valued of is_kdump_kernel() when the device was probed. */
+	bool in_kdump;
+
 	/* The driver is being removed. */
 	spinlock_t removal_lock;
 	bool removing;
@@ -243,6 +249,13 @@ struct virtio_mem {
 	/* Memory notifier (online/offline events). */
 	struct notifier_block memory_notifier;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE
+	/* vmcore callback for /proc/vmcore handling in kdump mode */
+	struct vmcore_cb vmcore_cb;
+	uint64_t last_block_addr;
+	bool last_block_plugged;
+#endif /* CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE */
+
 	/* Next device in the list of virtio-mem devices. */
 	struct list_head next;
 };
@@ -2293,6 +2306,12 @@ static void virtio_mem_run_wq(struct work_struct *work)
 	uint64_t diff;
 	int rc;
 
+	if (unlikely(vm->in_kdump)) {
+		dev_warn_once(&vm->vdev->dev,
+			     "unexpected workqueue run in kdump kernel\n");
+		return;
+	}
+
 	hrtimer_cancel(&vm->retry_timer);
 
 	if (vm->broken)
@@ -2521,6 +2540,86 @@ out_del_resource:
 	return rc;
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE
+static int virtio_mem_send_state_request(struct virtio_mem *vm, uint64_t addr,
+					 uint64_t size)
+{
+	const uint64_t nb_vm_blocks = size / vm->device_block_size;
+	const struct virtio_mem_req req = {
+		.type = cpu_to_virtio16(vm->vdev, VIRTIO_MEM_REQ_STATE),
+		.u.state.addr = cpu_to_virtio64(vm->vdev, addr),
+		.u.state.nb_blocks = cpu_to_virtio16(vm->vdev, nb_vm_blocks),
+	};
+	int rc = -ENOMEM;
+
+	dev_dbg(&vm->vdev->dev, "requesting state: 0x%llx - 0x%llx\n", addr,
+		addr + size - 1);
+
+	switch (virtio_mem_send_request(vm, &req)) {
+	case VIRTIO_MEM_RESP_ACK:
+		return virtio16_to_cpu(vm->vdev, vm->resp.u.state.state);
+	case VIRTIO_MEM_RESP_ERROR:
+		rc = -EINVAL;
+		break;
+	default:
+		break;
+	}
+
+	dev_dbg(&vm->vdev->dev, "requesting state failed: %d\n", rc);
+	return rc;
+}
+
+static bool virtio_mem_vmcore_pfn_is_ram(struct vmcore_cb *cb,
+					 unsigned long pfn)
+{
+	struct virtio_mem *vm = container_of(cb, struct virtio_mem,
+					     vmcore_cb);
+	uint64_t addr = PFN_PHYS(pfn);
+	bool is_ram;
+	int rc;
+
+	if (!virtio_mem_contains_range(vm, addr, PAGE_SIZE))
+		return true;
+	if (!vm->plugged_size)
+		return false;
+
+	/*
+	 * We have to serialize device requests and access to the information
+	 * about the block queried last.
+	 */
+	mutex_lock(&vm->hotplug_mutex);
+
+	addr = ALIGN_DOWN(addr, vm->device_block_size);
+	if (addr != vm->last_block_addr) {
+		rc = virtio_mem_send_state_request(vm, addr,
+						   vm->device_block_size);
+		/* On any kind of error, we're going to signal !ram. */
+		if (rc == VIRTIO_MEM_STATE_PLUGGED)
+			vm->last_block_plugged = true;
+		else
+			vm->last_block_plugged = false;
+		vm->last_block_addr = addr;
+	}
+
+	is_ram = vm->last_block_plugged;
+	mutex_unlock(&vm->hotplug_mutex);
+	return is_ram;
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE */
+
+static int virtio_mem_init_kdump(struct virtio_mem *vm)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE
+	dev_info(&vm->vdev->dev, "memory hot(un)plug disabled in kdump kernel\n");
+	vm->vmcore_cb.pfn_is_ram = virtio_mem_vmcore_pfn_is_ram;
+	register_vmcore_cb(&vm->vmcore_cb);
+	return 0;
+#else /* CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE */
+	dev_warn(&vm->vdev->dev, "disabled in kdump kernel without vmcore\n");
+	return -EBUSY;
+#endif /* CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE */
+}
+
 static int virtio_mem_init(struct virtio_mem *vm)
 {
 	uint16_t node_id;
@@ -2530,15 +2629,6 @@ static int virtio_mem_init(struct virtio_mem *vm)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * We don't want to (un)plug or reuse any memory when in kdump. The
-	 * memory is still accessible (but not mapped).
-	 */
-	if (is_kdump_kernel()) {
-		dev_warn(&vm->vdev->dev, "disabled in kdump kernel\n");
-		return -EBUSY;
-	}
-
 	/* Fetch all properties that can't change. */
 	virtio_cread_le(vm->vdev, struct virtio_mem_config, plugged_size,
 			&vm->plugged_size);
@@ -2562,6 +2652,12 @@ static int virtio_mem_init(struct virtio_mem *vm)
 	if (vm->nid != NUMA_NO_NODE && IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NUMA))
 		dev_info(&vm->vdev->dev, "nid: %d", vm->nid);
 
+	/*
+	 * We don't want to (un)plug or reuse any memory when in kdump. The
+	 * memory is still accessible (but not exposed to Linux).
+	 */
+	if (vm->in_kdump)
+		return virtio_mem_init_kdump(vm);
 	return virtio_mem_init_hotplug(vm);
 }
 
@@ -2640,6 +2736,7 @@ static int virtio_mem_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 	hrtimer_init(&vm->retry_timer, CLOCK_MONOTONIC, HRTIMER_MODE_REL);
 	vm->retry_timer.function = virtio_mem_timer_expired;
 	vm->retry_timer_ms = VIRTIO_MEM_RETRY_TIMER_MIN_MS;
+	vm->in_kdump = is_kdump_kernel();
 
 	/* register the virtqueue */
 	rc = virtio_mem_init_vq(vm);
@@ -2654,8 +2751,10 @@ static int virtio_mem_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 	virtio_device_ready(vdev);
 
 	/* trigger a config update to start processing the requested_size */
-	atomic_set(&vm->config_changed, 1);
-	queue_work(system_freezable_wq, &vm->wq);
+	if (!vm->in_kdump) {
+		atomic_set(&vm->config_changed, 1);
+		queue_work(system_freezable_wq, &vm->wq);
+	}
 
 	return 0;
 out_del_vq:
@@ -2732,11 +2831,21 @@ static void virtio_mem_deinit_hotplug(struct virtio_mem *vm)
 	}
 }
 
+static void virtio_mem_deinit_kdump(struct virtio_mem *vm)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE
+	unregister_vmcore_cb(&vm->vmcore_cb);
+#endif /* CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE */
+}
+
 static void virtio_mem_remove(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 {
 	struct virtio_mem *vm = vdev->priv;
 
-	virtio_mem_deinit_hotplug(vm);
+	if (vm->in_kdump)
+		virtio_mem_deinit_kdump(vm);
+	else
+		virtio_mem_deinit_hotplug(vm);
 
 	/* reset the device and cleanup the queues */
 	vdev->config->reset(vdev);
@@ -2750,6 +2859,9 @@ static void virtio_mem_config_changed(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 {
 	struct virtio_mem *vm = vdev->priv;
 
+	if (unlikely(vm->in_kdump))
+		return;
+
 	atomic_set(&vm->config_changed, 1);
 	virtio_mem_retry(vm);
 }