diff --git a/cmds/dumpstate/dumpstate.c b/cmds/dumpstate/dumpstate.c
index cc951c1bcbd14..9a6684a46b33d 100644
--- a/cmds/dumpstate/dumpstate.c
+++ b/cmds/dumpstate/dumpstate.c
@@ -49,7 +49,11 @@ static void dumpstate(int full) {
         PRINT("------ VIRTUAL MEMORY STATS ------");
         DUMP("/proc/vmstat");
         PRINT("------ SLAB INFO ------");
+#if 0
         DUMP("/proc/slabinfo");
+#else
+        PRINT("temporarily disabled to avoid kernel crasher");
+#endif
         PRINT("------ ZONEINFO ------");
         DUMP("/proc/zoneinfo");
         PRINT("------ SYSTEM LOG ------");