diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/crash.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/crash.c
index 2955f35..75859a0 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/crash.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/crash.c
@@ -27,28 +27,6 @@ static int kdump_freeze_monarch;
 static int kdump_on_init = 1;
 static int kdump_on_fatal_mca = 1;
 
-static inline Elf64_Word
-*append_elf_note(Elf64_Word *buf, char *name, unsigned type, void *data,
-		size_t data_len)
-{
-	struct elf_note *note = (struct elf_note *)buf;
-	note->n_namesz = strlen(name) + 1;
-	note->n_descsz = data_len;
-	note->n_type   = type;
-	buf += (sizeof(*note) + 3)/4;
-	memcpy(buf, name, note->n_namesz);
-	buf += (note->n_namesz + 3)/4;
-	memcpy(buf, data, data_len);
-	buf += (data_len + 3)/4;
-	return buf;
-}
-
-static void
-final_note(void *buf)
-{
-	memset(buf, 0, sizeof(struct elf_note));
-}
-
 extern void ia64_dump_cpu_regs(void *);
 
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct elf_prstatus, elf_prstatus);
diff --git a/include/linux/crash_core.h b/include/linux/crash_core.h
index 18d0f94..541a197 100644
--- a/include/linux/crash_core.h
+++ b/include/linux/crash_core.h
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ extern u32 vmcoreinfo_note[VMCOREINFO_NOTE_SIZE/4];
 extern size_t vmcoreinfo_size;
 extern size_t vmcoreinfo_max_size;
 
+Elf_Word *append_elf_note(Elf_Word *buf, char *name, unsigned int type,
+			  void *data, size_t data_len);
+void final_note(Elf_Word *buf);
+
 int __init parse_crashkernel(char *cmdline, unsigned long long system_ram,
 		unsigned long long *crash_size, unsigned long long *crash_base);
 int parse_crashkernel_high(char *cmdline, unsigned long long system_ram,
diff --git a/include/linux/elf.h b/include/linux/elf.h
index 20fa8d8..ba069e8 100644
--- a/include/linux/elf.h
+++ b/include/linux/elf.h
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ extern Elf32_Dyn _DYNAMIC [];
 #define elf_note	elf32_note
 #define elf_addr_t	Elf32_Off
 #define Elf_Half	Elf32_Half
+#define Elf_Word	Elf32_Word
 
 #else
 
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ extern Elf64_Dyn _DYNAMIC [];
 #define elf_note	elf64_note
 #define elf_addr_t	Elf64_Off
 #define Elf_Half	Elf64_Half
+#define Elf_Word	Elf64_Word
 
 #endif
 
diff --git a/kernel/crash_core.c b/kernel/crash_core.c
index 4261587..fcbd568 100644
--- a/kernel/crash_core.c
+++ b/kernel/crash_core.c
@@ -291,32 +291,26 @@ int __init parse_crashkernel_low(char *cmdline,
 				"crashkernel=", suffix_tbl[SUFFIX_LOW]);
 }
 
-static u32 *append_elf_note(u32 *buf, char *name, unsigned int type,
-			    void *data, size_t data_len)
+Elf_Word *append_elf_note(Elf_Word *buf, char *name, unsigned int type,
+			  void *data, size_t data_len)
 {
-	struct elf_note note;
+	struct elf_note *note = (struct elf_note *)buf;
 
-	note.n_namesz = strlen(name) + 1;
-	note.n_descsz = data_len;
-	note.n_type   = type;
-	memcpy(buf, &note, sizeof(note));
-	buf += (sizeof(note) + 3)/4;
-	memcpy(buf, name, note.n_namesz);
-	buf += (note.n_namesz + 3)/4;
-	memcpy(buf, data, note.n_descsz);
-	buf += (note.n_descsz + 3)/4;
+	note->n_namesz = strlen(name) + 1;
+	note->n_descsz = data_len;
+	note->n_type   = type;
+	buf += DIV_ROUND_UP(sizeof(*note), sizeof(Elf_Word));
+	memcpy(buf, name, note->n_namesz);
+	buf += DIV_ROUND_UP(note->n_namesz, sizeof(Elf_Word));
+	memcpy(buf, data, data_len);
+	buf += DIV_ROUND_UP(data_len, sizeof(Elf_Word));
 
 	return buf;
 }
 
-static void final_note(u32 *buf)
+void final_note(Elf_Word *buf)
 {
-	struct elf_note note;
-
-	note.n_namesz = 0;
-	note.n_descsz = 0;
-	note.n_type   = 0;
-	memcpy(buf, &note, sizeof(note));
+	memset(buf, 0, sizeof(struct elf_note));
 }
 
 static void update_vmcoreinfo_note(void)
diff --git a/kernel/kexec_core.c b/kernel/kexec_core.c
index 9dd7229..ae1a3ba 100644
--- a/kernel/kexec_core.c
+++ b/kernel/kexec_core.c
@@ -990,34 +990,6 @@ int crash_shrink_memory(unsigned long new_size)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static u32 *append_elf_note(u32 *buf, char *name, unsigned type, void *data,
-			    size_t data_len)
-{
-	struct elf_note note;
-
-	note.n_namesz = strlen(name) + 1;
-	note.n_descsz = data_len;
-	note.n_type   = type;
-	memcpy(buf, &note, sizeof(note));
-	buf += (sizeof(note) + 3)/4;
-	memcpy(buf, name, note.n_namesz);
-	buf += (note.n_namesz + 3)/4;
-	memcpy(buf, data, note.n_descsz);
-	buf += (note.n_descsz + 3)/4;
-
-	return buf;
-}
-
-static void final_note(u32 *buf)
-{
-	struct elf_note note;
-
-	note.n_namesz = 0;
-	note.n_descsz = 0;
-	note.n_type   = 0;
-	memcpy(buf, &note, sizeof(note));
-}
-
 void crash_save_cpu(struct pt_regs *regs, int cpu)
 {
 	struct elf_prstatus prstatus;