diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdoops.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdoops.c
index 4ced68be7ed7..774970bfcf85 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdoops.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdoops.c
@@ -279,12 +279,13 @@ static void mtdoops_do_dump(struct kmsg_dumper *dumper,
 	kmsg_dump_get_buffer(dumper, true, cxt->oops_buf + MTDOOPS_HEADER_SIZE,
 			     record_size - MTDOOPS_HEADER_SIZE, NULL);
 
-	/* Panics must be written immediately */
-	if (reason != KMSG_DUMP_OOPS)
+	if (reason != KMSG_DUMP_OOPS) {
+		/* Panics must be written immediately */
 		mtdoops_write(cxt, 1);
-
-	/* For other cases, schedule work to write it "nicely" */
-	schedule_work(&cxt->work_write);
+	} else {
+		/* For other cases, schedule work to write it "nicely" */
+		schedule_work(&cxt->work_write);
+	}
 }
 
 static void mtdoops_notify_add(struct mtd_info *mtd)