diff --git a/dracut-kdump.sh b/dracut-kdump.sh
index d46e728..38d0769 100755
--- a/dracut-kdump.sh
+++ b/dracut-kdump.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ set -x
 KDUMP_PATH="/var/crash"
 CORE_COLLECTOR=""
 DEFAULT_CORE_COLLECTOR="makedumpfile -c --message-level 1 -d 31"
-DEFAULT_ACTION="dump_rootfs"
+DEFAULT_ACTION="reboot -f"
 DATEDIR=`date +%Y.%m.%d-%T`
 HOST_IP='127.0.0.1'
 DUMP_INSTRUCTION=""
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ dump_raw()
     return 0
 }
 
-dump_rootfs()
+dump_to_rootfs()
 {
     mount -o remount,rw $NEWROOT/ || return 1
     mkdir -p $NEWROOT/$KDUMP_PATH/$HOST_IP-$DATEDIR
@@ -182,6 +182,9 @@ read_kdump_conf()
                 poweroff)
                     DEFAULT_ACTION="poweroff -f"
                     ;;
+                dump_to_rootfs)
+                    DEFAULT_ACTION="dump_to_rootfs"
+                    ;;
             esac
             ;;
         esac
@@ -221,7 +224,7 @@ if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
 fi
 
 if [ -z "$DUMP_INSTRUCTION" ]; then
-    add_dump_code "dump_rootfs"
+    add_dump_code "dump_to_rootfs"
 fi
 
 do_kdump_pre
diff --git a/kdump.conf b/kdump.conf
index 753af6b..fbed498 100644
--- a/kdump.conf
+++ b/kdump.conf
@@ -92,10 +92,10 @@
 # 			  modules can be listed, separated by a space, and any
 # 			  dependent modules will automatically be included.
 #
-# default <reboot | halt | poweroff | shell>
+# default <reboot | halt | poweroff | shell | dump_to_rootfs>
 #			- Action to preform in case dumping to intended target
-#			  fails. If no default action is specified saving vmcore
-#			  to root fs is assumed default.
+#			  fails. If no default action is specified, "reboot" 
+#			  is assumed default.
 #			  reboot: If the default action is reboot simply reboot
 #				  the system and loose the core that you are
 #				  trying to retrieve.
@@ -108,6 +108,10 @@
 #				  where you can try to record the core manually.
 #				  Exiting this shell reboots the system.
 #				  Note: kdump uses bash as the default shell.
+#			  dump_to_rootfs: If non-root dump target is specified,
+#				  the default action can be set as dump_to_rootfs.
+#				  That means when dump to target fails, dump vmcore
+#				  to rootfs from initramfs context and reboot. 
 #
 # force_rebuild <0 | 1>
 #			- By default, kdump initrd only will be rebuilt when
diff --git a/kdump.conf.5 b/kdump.conf.5
index c54de60..66b5e01 100644
--- a/kdump.conf.5
+++ b/kdump.conf.5
@@ -148,16 +148,18 @@ modules can be listed, separated by a space, and any
 dependent modules will automatically be included.
 .RE
 
-.B default <reboot | halt | poweroff | shell>
+.B default <reboot | halt | poweroff | shell | dump_to_rootfs>
 .RS
 Action to preform in case dumping to intended target fails. If no default
-action is specified saving vmcore to root fs is assumed default.
+action is specified, "reboot" is assumed default.
 reboot: If the default action is reboot simply reboot the system (this is what
 most people will want, as it returns the system to a nominal state).  shell: If the default
 action is shell, then drop to an shell session inside the initramfs from
 where you can manually preform additional recovery actions.  Exiting this shell
 reboots the system.  halt: bring the system to a halt, requiring manual reset
-poweroff: The system will be powered down.
+poweroff: The system will be powered down. dump_to_rootfs:If the default action
+is dump_to_rootfs, specified root will be mounted and dump will be saved in "path"
+directory.
 Note: kdump uses bash as the default shell.
 .RE
 
diff --git a/kexec-kdump-howto.txt b/kexec-kdump-howto.txt
index b45f35a..3023017 100644
--- a/kexec-kdump-howto.txt
+++ b/kexec-kdump-howto.txt
@@ -449,19 +449,27 @@ need to manually specify additional kernel modules to load into your kdump
 initrd.
 
 Default action
+==============
+Default action specifies what to do when dump to configured dump target
+fails. By default, default action is "reboot" and that is system reboots
+if attempt to save dump to dump target fails.
 
-By default, if a configured dump method fails, the kdump initrd falls back
-to trying to dump to the local file system (i.e., into the file system(s)
-you would have mounted under normal system operation). The system always
-reboots following an attempted dump to your local file system, regardless
-of success or failure.
+There are other default actions available though.
 
-However, for any of the advanced methods, if the dump fails, you can configure
-the kdump initrd to skip trying to dump to the local file system, instead
-immediately rebooting ('default reboot'), halting the system ('default halt') 
-or dropping you to a shell within the initrd ('default shell'), from which you 
-could try to capture the vmcore manually. Again, if the 'default' parameter is 
-unset, a local file system dump will be attempted, then the system will reboot.
+- dump_to_rootfs
+	This option tries to mount root and save dump on root filesystem
+	in a path specified by "path". This option will generally make
+	sense when dump target is not root filesystem. For example, if
+	dump is being saved over network using "ssh" then one can specify
+	default to "dump_to_rootfs" to try saving dump to root filesystem
+	if dump over network fails.
+
+- shell
+	Drop into a shell session inside initramfs.
+- halt
+	Halt system after failure
+- poweroff
+	Poweroff system after failure.
 
 Compression and filtering