diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c b/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c
index b282034452a4707357dadd5b75d9be0f3bd83206..813444aac7d7690429d48dba024398395d5d457a 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c
@@ -289,19 +289,34 @@ void (*_machine_power_off)(void) = do_machine_power_off_nonsmp;
 
 void machine_restart(char *command)
 {
-	console_unblank();
+	if (!in_interrupt() || oops_in_progress)
+		/*
+		 * Only unblank the console if we are called in enabled
+		 * context or a bust_spinlocks cleared the way for us.
+		 */
+		console_unblank();
 	_machine_restart(command);
 }
 
 void machine_halt(void)
 {
-	console_unblank();
+	if (!in_interrupt() || oops_in_progress)
+		/*
+		 * Only unblank the console if we are called in enabled
+		 * context or a bust_spinlocks cleared the way for us.
+		 */
+		console_unblank();
 	_machine_halt();
 }
 
 void machine_power_off(void)
 {
-	console_unblank();
+	if (!in_interrupt() || oops_in_progress)
+		/*
+		 * Only unblank the console if we are called in enabled
+		 * context or a bust_spinlocks cleared the way for us.
+		 */
+		console_unblank();
 	_machine_power_off();
 }