diff --git a/sys/vm/vm_page.c b/sys/vm/vm_page.c
index 863b842629d1..1208ea07fb5c 100644
--- a/sys/vm/vm_page.c
+++ b/sys/vm/vm_page.c
@@ -430,11 +430,12 @@ vm_page_startup(vm_offset_t vaddr)
 	 */
 	new_end = vm_reserv_startup(&vaddr, new_end, high_water);
 #endif
-#ifdef __amd64__
+#if defined(__amd64__) || defined(__mips__)
 	/*
-	 * pmap_map on amd64 comes out of the direct-map, not kvm like i386,
-	 * so the pages must be tracked for a crashdump to include this data.
-	 * This includes the vm_page_array and the early UMA bootstrap pages.
+	 * pmap_map on amd64 and mips can come out of the direct-map, not kvm
+	 * like i386, so the pages must be tracked for a crashdump to include
+	 * this data.  This includes the vm_page_array and the early UMA
+	 * bootstrap pages.
 	 */
 	for (pa = new_end; pa < phys_avail[biggestone + 1]; pa += PAGE_SIZE)
 		dump_add_page(pa);