diff --git a/include/linux/kexec.h b/include/linux/kexec.h
index d78d28a..5fd33dc 100644
--- a/include/linux/kexec.h
+++ b/include/linux/kexec.h
@@ -198,6 +198,9 @@
 extern size_t vmcoreinfo_size;
 extern size_t vmcoreinfo_max_size;
 
+/* flag to track if kexec reboot is in progress */
+extern bool kexec_in_progress;
+
 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,