diff --git a/drivers/misc/apanic.c b/drivers/misc/apanic.c
index ca875f89da7a..ee3a4a440675 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/apanic.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/apanic.c
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ static int apanic(struct notifier_block *this, unsigned long event,
 		printk(KERN_EMERG "Crash partition in use!\n");
 		goto out;
 	}
-	console_offset = ctx->mtd->writesize;
+	console_offset = ctx->mtd->erasesize;
 
 	/*
 	 * Write out the console