diff --git a/kdump.init b/kdump.init
index fa06678..451a916 100644
--- a/kdump.init
+++ b/kdump.init
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ function load_kdump()
 		KDUMP_COMMANDLINE=`cat /proc/cmdline`
 	fi
 
-	MEM_RESERVED=`echo $KDUMP_COMMANDLINE | grep "crashkernel=[0-9]\+[MmKkGg]@[0-9]\+[MmGgKk]"`
+	MEM_RESERVED=`grep "crashkernel=[0-9]\+[MmKkGg]@[0-9]\+[MmGgKk]" /proc/cmdline`
 	if [ -z "$MEM_RESERVED" ]
 	then
 		$LOGGER "No crashkernel parameter specified for running kernel"
diff --git a/kexec-tools.spec b/kexec-tools.spec
index 9ca43c5..31488b2 100644
--- a/kexec-tools.spec
+++ b/kexec-tools.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name: kexec-tools
 Version: 1.101
-Release: 69%{?dist}
+Release: 70%{?dist}
 License: GPL
 Group: Applications/System
 Summary: The kexec/kdump userspace component.
@@ -251,6 +251,9 @@ rm -f %{_datadir}/firstboot/modules/firstboot_kdump.py
 %doc kexec-kdump-howto.txt
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Jun 18 2007 Neil Horman <nhorman@redhat.com> - 1.101-70%{dist}
+- Fixed kdump.init to properly read cmdline (bz 244649)
+
 * Wed Apr 11 2007 Neil Horman <nhorman@redhat.com> - 1.101-69%{dist}
 - Fixed up kdump.init to enforce mode 600 on authorized_keys2 (bz 235986)