diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/mca.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/mca.c
index e51bced3b0fad2b6bbbb050cc0ac828ba6b68c15..3ba091bb20c9e10d4f9c02d529f567192c13ff90 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/mca.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/mca.c
@@ -1288,13 +1288,14 @@ ia64_mca_handler(struct pt_regs *regs, struct switch_stack *sw,
 		 * does not work.
 		 */
 		ia64_mca_wakeup_all();
-		if (notify_die(DIE_MCA_MONARCH_PROCESS, "MCA", regs, (long)&nd, 0, 0)
-				== NOTIFY_STOP)
-			ia64_mca_spin(__func__);
 	} else {
 		while (cpu_isset(cpu, mca_cpu))
 			cpu_relax();	/* spin until monarch wakes us */
-        }
+	}
+
+	if (notify_die(DIE_MCA_MONARCH_PROCESS, "MCA", regs, (long)&nd, 0, 0)
+			== NOTIFY_STOP)
+		ia64_mca_spin(__func__);
 
 	/* Get the MCA error record and log it */
 	ia64_mca_log_sal_error_record(SAL_INFO_TYPE_MCA);