diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal.c
index 86d9fde93c17..e0f856bfbfe8 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal.c
@@ -395,7 +395,6 @@ static int opal_recover_mce(struct pt_regs *regs,
 					struct machine_check_event *evt)
 {
 	int recovered = 0;
-	uint64_t ea = get_mce_fault_addr(evt);
 
 	if (!(regs->msr & MSR_RI)) {
 		/* If MSR_RI isn't set, we cannot recover */
@@ -404,26 +403,18 @@ static int opal_recover_mce(struct pt_regs *regs,
 	} else if (evt->disposition == MCE_DISPOSITION_RECOVERED) {
 		/* Platform corrected itself */
 		recovered = 1;
-	} else if (ea && !is_kernel_addr(ea)) {
+	} else if (evt->severity == MCE_SEV_FATAL) {
+		/* Fatal machine check */
+		pr_err("Machine check interrupt is fatal\n");
+		recovered = 0;
+	} else if ((evt->severity == MCE_SEV_ERROR_SYNC) &&
+			(user_mode(regs) && !is_global_init(current))) {
 		/*
-		 * Faulting address is not in kernel text. We should be fine.
-		 * We need to find which process uses this address.
 		 * For now, kill the task if we have received exception when
 		 * in userspace.
 		 *
 		 * TODO: Queue up this address for hwpoisioning later.
 		 */
-		if (user_mode(regs) && !is_global_init(current)) {
-			_exception(SIGBUS, regs, BUS_MCEERR_AR, regs->nip);
-			recovered = 1;
-		} else
-			recovered = 0;
-	} else if (user_mode(regs) && !is_global_init(current) &&
-		evt->severity == MCE_SEV_ERROR_SYNC) {
-		/*
-		 * If we have received a synchronous error when in userspace
-		 * kill the task.
-		 */
 		_exception(SIGBUS, regs, BUS_MCEERR_AR, regs->nip);
 		recovered = 1;
 	}