diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/omap_remoteproc.c b/drivers/remoteproc/omap_remoteproc.c
index b784f48e63d1..cee6c33869b3 100644
--- a/drivers/remoteproc/omap_remoteproc.c
+++ b/drivers/remoteproc/omap_remoteproc.c
@@ -383,8 +383,12 @@ static void omap_rproc_mbox_callback(struct mbox_client *client, void *data)
 
 	switch (msg) {
 	case RP_MBOX_CRASH:
-		/* just log this for now. later, we'll also do recovery */
+		/*
+		 * remoteproc detected an exception, notify the rproc core.
+		 * The remoteproc core will handle the recovery.
+		 */
 		dev_err(dev, "omap rproc %s crashed\n", name);
+		rproc_report_crash(oproc->rproc, RPROC_FATAL_ERROR);
 		break;
 	case RP_MBOX_ECHO_REPLY:
 		dev_info(dev, "received echo reply from %s\n", name);