diff --git a/kdump.sysconfig.i386 b/kdump.sysconfig.i386
index 1c00a70..538c1a8 100644
--- a/kdump.sysconfig.i386
+++ b/kdump.sysconfig.i386
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ KDUMP_COMMANDLINE=""
 
 # This variable lets us append arguments to the current kdump commandline
 # As taken from either KDUMP_COMMANDLINE above, or from /proc/cmdline
-KDUMP_COMMANDLINE_APPEND="irqpoll maxcpus=1 reset_devices"
+KDUMP_COMMANDLINE_APPEND="irqpoll nr_cpus=1 reset_devices"
 
 # Any additional kexec arguments required.  In most situations, this should
 # be left empty
diff --git a/kdump.sysconfig.x86_64 b/kdump.sysconfig.x86_64
index 1c00a70..538c1a8 100644
--- a/kdump.sysconfig.x86_64
+++ b/kdump.sysconfig.x86_64
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ KDUMP_COMMANDLINE=""
 
 # This variable lets us append arguments to the current kdump commandline
 # As taken from either KDUMP_COMMANDLINE above, or from /proc/cmdline
-KDUMP_COMMANDLINE_APPEND="irqpoll maxcpus=1 reset_devices"
+KDUMP_COMMANDLINE_APPEND="irqpoll nr_cpus=1 reset_devices"
 
 # Any additional kexec arguments required.  In most situations, this should
 # be left empty