diff --git a/kdump b/kdump
index 8ac1c3c..e7b95ec 100644
--- a/kdump
+++ b/kdump
@@ -283,9 +283,14 @@ case "$1" in
 	;;
   stop)
 	if [ ! -f /proc/vmcore ]; then
-	    echo -n "Unloading kdump"
-	    $KEXEC -p -u
-	    rc_status -v
+		if [ "$RUNLEVEL" != "" ]; then
+			echo -n "Not unloading kdump during runlevel changes"
+			rc_status -s
+		else
+			echo -n "Unloading kdump"
+			$KEXEC -p -u
+			rc_status -v
+		fi
 	fi
 	;;
   status)
diff --git a/kexec-tools.changes b/kexec-tools.changes
index a4c8d05..ca4d34d 100644
--- a/kexec-tools.changes
+++ b/kexec-tools.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Jan 29 15:41:43 CET 2007 - olh@suse.de
+
+- do not unload kdump kernel during runlevel changes (#238733)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Jan 25 19:28:57 CET 2007 - bwalle@suse.de
 
diff --git a/kexec-tools.spec b/kexec-tools.spec
index 4d18795..a595965 100644
--- a/kexec-tools.spec
+++ b/kexec-tools.spec
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Requires:       %insserv_prereq %fillup_prereq
 Autoreqprov:    on
 Summary:        Tools for fast kernel loading
 Version:        1.101
-Release:        66
+Release:        67
 Source:         %{name}-%{package_version}.tar.bz2
 Source1:        kdump
 Source2:        sysconfig.kdump
@@ -120,6 +120,8 @@ cd -
 %{_sbindir}/kdump-helper
 
 %changelog -n kexec-tools
+* Mon Jan 29 2007 - olh@suse.de
+- do not unload kdump kernel during runlevel changes (#238733)
 * Thu Jan 25 2007 - bwalle@suse.de
 - added documentation for initrd-based kdump saving
 - fixed description of KDUMP_IMMEDIATE_REBOOT