Elf64_Ehdr *ehdr;
        Elf64_Phdr *phdr;
        unsigned long nr_cpus = num_possible_cpus(), nr_phdr, elf_sz;
-       unsigned char *buf, *bufp;
+       unsigned char *buf;
        unsigned int cpu, i;
        unsigned long long notes_addr;
        unsigned long mstart, mend;
        if (!buf)
                return -ENOMEM;
 
-       bufp = buf;
-       ehdr = (Elf64_Ehdr *)bufp;
-       bufp += sizeof(Elf64_Ehdr);
+       ehdr = (Elf64_Ehdr *)buf;
+       phdr = (Elf64_Phdr *)(ehdr + 1);
        memcpy(ehdr->e_ident, ELFMAG, SELFMAG);
        ehdr->e_ident[EI_CLASS] = ELFCLASS64;
        ehdr->e_ident[EI_DATA] = ELFDATA2LSB;
 
        /* Prepare one phdr of type PT_NOTE for each present cpu */
        for_each_present_cpu(cpu) {
-               phdr = (Elf64_Phdr *)bufp;
-               bufp += sizeof(Elf64_Phdr);
                phdr->p_type = PT_NOTE;
                notes_addr = per_cpu_ptr_to_phys(per_cpu_ptr(crash_notes, cpu));
                phdr->p_offset = phdr->p_paddr = notes_addr;
                phdr->p_filesz = phdr->p_memsz = sizeof(note_buf_t);
                (ehdr->e_phnum)++;
+               phdr++;
        }
 
        /* Prepare one PT_NOTE header for vmcoreinfo */
-       phdr = (Elf64_Phdr *)bufp;
-       bufp += sizeof(Elf64_Phdr);
        phdr->p_type = PT_NOTE;
        phdr->p_offset = phdr->p_paddr = paddr_vmcoreinfo_note();
        phdr->p_filesz = phdr->p_memsz = VMCOREINFO_NOTE_SIZE;
        (ehdr->e_phnum)++;
+       phdr++;
 
        /* Prepare PT_LOAD type program header for kernel text region */
        if (kernel_map) {
-               phdr = (Elf64_Phdr *)bufp;
-               bufp += sizeof(Elf64_Phdr);
                phdr->p_type = PT_LOAD;
                phdr->p_flags = PF_R|PF_W|PF_X;
                phdr->p_vaddr = (Elf64_Addr)_text;
                phdr->p_filesz = phdr->p_memsz = _end - _text;
                phdr->p_offset = phdr->p_paddr = __pa_symbol(_text);
-               (ehdr->e_phnum)++;
+               ehdr->e_phnum++;
+               phdr++;
        }
 
        /* Go through all the ranges in cmem->ranges[] and prepare phdr */