diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
index aac8c0412ff9..e453b666613b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
@@ -340,10 +340,16 @@ static bool exception_common(int signr, struct pt_regs *regs, int code,
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	show_signal_msg(signr, regs, code, addr);
+	/*
+	 * Must not enable interrupts even for user-mode exception, because
+	 * this can be called from machine check, which may be a NMI or IRQ
+	 * which don't like interrupts being enabled. Could check for
+	 * in_hardirq || in_nmi perhaps, but there doesn't seem to be a good
+	 * reason why _exception() should enable irqs for an exception handler,
+	 * the handlers themselves do that directly.
+	 */
 
-	if (arch_irqs_disabled())
-		interrupt_cond_local_irq_enable(regs);
+	show_signal_msg(signr, regs, code, addr);
 
 	current->thread.trap_nr = code;