diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/traps.c b/arch/mips/kernel/traps.c
index c8e291c83057bb1020b01092c5a7f64b2e96c521..d6103e51089997b80f9b4a799b00eb85c8b1f6f3 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/traps.c
@@ -1035,19 +1035,11 @@ void ejtag_exception_handler(struct pt_regs *regs)
 /*
  * NMI exception handler.
  */
-void nmi_exception_handler(struct pt_regs *regs)
+NORET_TYPE void ATTRIB_NORET nmi_exception_handler(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
-#ifdef CONFIG_MIPS_MT_SMTC
-	unsigned long dvpret = dvpe();
 	bust_spinlocks(1);
 	printk("NMI taken!!!!\n");
-	mips_mt_regdump(dvpret);
-#else
-	bust_spinlocks(1);
-	printk("NMI taken!!!!\n");
-#endif /* CONFIG_MIPS_MT_SMTC */
 	die("NMI", regs);
-	while(1) ;
 }
 
 #define VECTORSPACING 0x100	/* for EI/VI mode */