diff --git a/kdump-lib.sh b/kdump-lib.sh
index d06a417..6d421d3 100755
--- a/kdump-lib.sh
+++ b/kdump-lib.sh
@@ -291,26 +291,6 @@ get_option_value() {
     strip_comments `grep "^$1[[:space:]]\+" /etc/kdump.conf | tail -1 | cut -d\  -f2-`
 }
 
-#This function compose a absolute path with the mount
-#point and the relative $SAVE_PATH.
-#target is passed in as argument, could be UUID, LABEL,
-#block device or even nfs server export of the form of
-#"my.server.com:/tmp/export"?
-#And possibly this could be used for both default case
-#as well as when dump taret is specified. When dump
-#target is not specified, then $target would be null.
-make_absolute_save_path()
-{
-    local _target=$1
-    local _mnt
-
-    [ -n $_target ] && _mnt=$(get_mntpoint_from_target $1)
-    _mnt="${_mnt}/$SAVE_PATH"
-
-    # strip the duplicated "/"
-    echo "$_mnt" | tr -s /
-}
-
 check_save_path_fs()
 {
     local _path=$1
@@ -320,6 +300,15 @@ check_save_path_fs()
     fi
 }
 
+# Check if path exists within dump target
+check_save_path_user_configured()
+{
+    local _target=$1 _path=$2
+    local _mnt=$(get_mntpoint_from_target $_target)
+
+    check_save_path_fs "$_mnt/$_path"
+}
+
 is_atomic()
 {
     grep -q "ostree" /proc/cmdline
diff --git a/mkdumprd b/mkdumprd
index f04f565..4fcce1c 100644
--- a/mkdumprd
+++ b/mkdumprd
@@ -387,20 +387,13 @@ do
             perror_exit "Dump target $config_val is probably not mounted."
         fi
 
-        _absolute_save_path=$(make_absolute_save_path $config_val)
-        _mntpoint=$(get_mntpoint_from_path $_absolute_save_path)
-        if is_atomic && is_bind_mount $_mntpoint; then
-            SAVE_PATH=${_absolute_save_path##"$_mntpoint"}
-            # the real dump path in the 2nd kernel, if the mount point is bind mounted.
-            SAVE_PATH=$(get_bind_mount_directory $_mntpoint)/$SAVE_PATH
-        fi
-
+        # User configured target, use $SAVE_PATH as the dump path within the target
+        check_save_path_user_configured "$config_val" "$SAVE_PATH"
+        check_size fs "$config_val"
         add_mount "$config_val"
-        check_save_path_fs $_absolute_save_path
-        check_size fs $config_val
         ;;
     raw)
-        #checking raw disk writable
+        # checking raw disk writable
         dd if=$config_val count=1 of=/dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1 || {
             perror_exit "Bad raw disk $config_val"
         }