diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/traps.c b/arch/parisc/kernel/traps.c
index ebc877c28583ac38d33a9dc04e08f6d69df0d180..1cd1d0c83b6d7bd7a21d0a22c57e18f2ac27f65a 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/traps.c
@@ -800,14 +800,14 @@ void notrace handle_interruption(int code, struct pt_regs *regs)
 	else {
 
 	    /*
-	     * The kernel should never fault on its own address space.
+	     * The kernel should never fault on its own address space,
+	     * unless pagefault_disable() was called before.
 	     */
 
-	    if (fault_space == 0) 
+	    if (fault_space == 0 && !in_atomic())
 	    {
 		pdc_chassis_send_status(PDC_CHASSIS_DIRECT_PANIC);
 		parisc_terminate("Kernel Fault", regs, code, fault_address);
-	
 	    }
 	}