diff --git a/lib/libkvm/kvm_powerpc64.c b/lib/libkvm/kvm_powerpc64.c
--- a/lib/libkvm/kvm_powerpc64.c
+++ b/lib/libkvm/kvm_powerpc64.c
@@ -187,7 +187,8 @@
 {
 
 	return (_kvm_probe_elf_kernel(kd, ELFCLASS64, EM_PPC64) &&
-	    kd->nlehdr.e_ident[EI_DATA] == ELFDATA2MSB);
+	    kd->nlehdr.e_ident[EI_DATA] == ELFDATA2MSB &&
+	    !_kvm_is_minidump(kd));
 }
 
 static int
@@ -195,7 +196,8 @@
 {
 
 	return (_kvm_probe_elf_kernel(kd, ELFCLASS64, EM_PPC64) &&
-	    kd->nlehdr.e_ident[EI_DATA] == ELFDATA2LSB);
+	    kd->nlehdr.e_ident[EI_DATA] == ELFDATA2LSB &&
+	    !_kvm_is_minidump(kd));
 }
 
 static int