diff --git a/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c b/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
index 42ddc0eff25bebbe1ef148cb0d601d8a00570c58..7a91ac7d6b75896a330f4100a1ee7059fb07c89d 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
@@ -135,6 +135,8 @@ static unsigned long ghes_estatus_pool_size_request;
 static struct ghes_estatus_cache *ghes_estatus_caches[GHES_ESTATUS_CACHES_SIZE];
 static atomic_t ghes_estatus_cache_alloced;
 
+static int ghes_panic_timeout __read_mostly = 30;
+
 static int ghes_ioremap_init(void)
 {
 	ghes_ioremap_area = __get_vm_area(PAGE_SIZE * GHES_IOREMAP_PAGES,
@@ -691,6 +693,16 @@ static int ghes_ack_error(struct acpi_hest_generic_v2 *gv2)
 	return apei_write(val, &gv2->read_ack_register);
 }
 
+static void __ghes_panic(struct ghes *ghes)
+{
+	__ghes_print_estatus(KERN_EMERG, ghes->generic, ghes->estatus);
+
+	/* reboot to log the error! */
+	if (!panic_timeout)
+		panic_timeout = ghes_panic_timeout;
+	panic("Fatal hardware error!");
+}
+
 static int ghes_proc(struct ghes *ghes)
 {
 	int rc;
@@ -698,6 +710,11 @@ static int ghes_proc(struct ghes *ghes)
 	rc = ghes_read_estatus(ghes, 0);
 	if (rc)
 		goto out;
+
+	if (ghes_severity(ghes->estatus->error_severity) >= GHES_SEV_PANIC) {
+		__ghes_panic(ghes);
+	}
+
 	if (!ghes_estatus_cached(ghes->estatus)) {
 		if (ghes_print_estatus(NULL, ghes->generic, ghes->estatus))
 			ghes_estatus_cache_add(ghes->generic, ghes->estatus);
@@ -838,8 +855,6 @@ static atomic_t ghes_in_nmi = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
 
 static LIST_HEAD(ghes_nmi);
 
-static int ghes_panic_timeout	__read_mostly = 30;
-
 static void ghes_proc_in_irq(struct irq_work *irq_work)
 {
 	struct llist_node *llnode, *next;
@@ -925,18 +940,6 @@ static void __process_error(struct ghes *ghes)
 #endif
 }
 
-static void __ghes_panic(struct ghes *ghes)
-{
-	oops_begin();
-	ghes_print_queued_estatus();
-	__ghes_print_estatus(KERN_EMERG, ghes->generic, ghes->estatus);
-
-	/* reboot to log the error! */
-	if (panic_timeout == 0)
-		panic_timeout = ghes_panic_timeout;
-	panic("Fatal hardware error!");
-}
-
 static int ghes_notify_nmi(unsigned int cmd, struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
 	struct ghes *ghes;
@@ -954,8 +957,11 @@ static int ghes_notify_nmi(unsigned int cmd, struct pt_regs *regs)
 		}
 
 		sev = ghes_severity(ghes->estatus->error_severity);
-		if (sev >= GHES_SEV_PANIC)
+		if (sev >= GHES_SEV_PANIC) {
+			oops_begin();
+			ghes_print_queued_estatus();
 			__ghes_panic(ghes);
+		}
 
 		if (!(ghes->flags & GHES_TO_CLEAR))
 			continue;