diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
index 3385ea26f6841bea370faa9ea7baa08b3fda90f2..68e230327d65490ae6c57e3713438c0015d12cfb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
@@ -590,7 +590,6 @@ void machine_check_poll(enum mcp_flags flags, mce_banks_t *b)
 		if (!(flags & MCP_DONTLOG) && !mce_dont_log_ce) {
 			mce_log(&m);
 			atomic_notifier_call_chain(&x86_mce_decoder_chain, 0, &m);
-			add_taint(TAINT_MACHINE_CHECK);
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/therm_throt.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/therm_throt.c
index 6f8c5e9da97f0f3e4c0ac89557a3b2f1c3a5f01e..5846a797b970bc49e10110dbca542c2ea3578dbe 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/therm_throt.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/therm_throt.c
@@ -187,8 +187,6 @@ static int therm_throt_process(bool new_event, int event, int level)
 				this_cpu,
 				level == CORE_LEVEL ? "Core" : "Package",
 				state->count);
-
-		add_taint(TAINT_MACHINE_CHECK);
 		return 1;
 	}
 	if (old_event) {
@@ -393,7 +391,6 @@ static void unexpected_thermal_interrupt(void)
 {
 	printk(KERN_ERR "CPU%d: Unexpected LVT thermal interrupt!\n",
 			smp_processor_id());
-	add_taint(TAINT_MACHINE_CHECK);
 }
 
 static void (*smp_thermal_vector)(void) = unexpected_thermal_interrupt;