diff --git a/kdump-lib.sh b/kdump-lib.sh
index e20197e..c629af8 100755
--- a/kdump-lib.sh
+++ b/kdump-lib.sh
@@ -116,3 +116,29 @@ get_option_value() {
     echo $(strip_comments `grep ^$1 /etc/kdump.conf | tail -1 | cut -d\  -f2-`)
 }
 
+#This function compose a absolute path with the mount
+#point and the relative $SAVE_PATH.
+#target is passed in as argument, could be UUID, LABEL,
+#block device or even nfs server export of the form of
+#"my.server.com:/tmp/export"?
+#And possibly this could be used for both default case
+#as well as when dump taret is specified. When dump
+#target is not specified, then $target would be null.
+make_absolute_save_path()
+{
+    local _target=$1
+    local _mnt
+
+    [ -n $_target ] && _mnt=$(get_mntpoint_from_target $1)
+    echo "${_mnt}/$SAVE_PATH"
+}
+
+check_save_path_fs()
+{
+    local _path=$1
+
+    if [ ! -d $_path ]; then
+        perror_exit "Dump path $_path does not exist."
+    fi
+}
+
diff --git a/mkdumprd b/mkdumprd
index 3849866..adf9167 100644
--- a/mkdumprd
+++ b/mkdumprd
@@ -173,37 +173,6 @@ mkdir_save_path_ssh()
     return 0
 }
 
-
-#mkdir if save path does not exist on dump target filesystem
-#$1=dump target
-#caller should ensure $1 is mounted
-mkdir_save_path_fs() {
-    local _mnt=$(to_mount_point $1)
-    local _remount="no"
-    local _ret
-
-    [ ! -d ${_mnt}/$SAVE_PATH ] && {
-        if is_readonly_mount $1; then
-            echo "Mounting $1 as read-write for creating dump directory.."
-            mount -o remount,rw $1 || {
-                perror_exit "Mounting $1 as read-write failed."
-            }
-            _remount="yes"
-        fi
-        mkdir -p ${_mnt}/$SAVE_PATH
-        _ret=$?
-        [ "$_remount" = "yes" ] && {
-            echo "Remounting $1 as read-only."
-            mount -o remount,ro $1 || {
-                perror_exit "Remounting $1 as read-only failed."
-            }
-        }
-        [ $_ret -ne 0 ] && {
-            perror_exit "Creating ${_mnt}/$SAVE_PATH failed."
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 #Function: get_fs_size
 #$1=dump target
 get_fs_size() {
@@ -538,7 +507,7 @@ do
             add_dracut_module "nfs"
         fi
         add_mount "$config_val"
-        mkdir_save_path_fs $config_val
+        check_save_path_fs $(make_absolute_save_path $config_val)
         check_size fs $config_val
         ;;
     raw)