diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/mce.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/mce.c
index 16eb0b508761..5f9eada3519b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/mce.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/mce.c
@@ -221,6 +221,8 @@ static void machine_check_process_queued_event(struct irq_work *work)
 {
 	int index;
 
+	add_taint(TAINT_MACHINE_CHECK, LOCKDEP_NOW_UNRELIABLE);
+
 	/*
 	 * For now just print it to console.
 	 * TODO: log this error event to FSP or nvram.
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
index 6a81a451d767..d4e545d27ef9 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
@@ -323,8 +323,6 @@ long machine_check_early(struct pt_regs *regs)
 
 	__this_cpu_inc(irq_stat.mce_exceptions);
 
-	add_taint(TAINT_MACHINE_CHECK, LOCKDEP_NOW_UNRELIABLE);
-
 	if (cur_cpu_spec && cur_cpu_spec->machine_check_early)
 		handled = cur_cpu_spec->machine_check_early(regs);
 	return handled;
@@ -758,6 +756,8 @@ void machine_check_exception(struct pt_regs *regs)
 
 	__this_cpu_inc(irq_stat.mce_exceptions);
 
+	add_taint(TAINT_MACHINE_CHECK, LOCKDEP_NOW_UNRELIABLE);
+
 	/* See if any machine dependent calls. In theory, we would want
 	 * to call the CPU first, and call the ppc_md. one if the CPU
 	 * one returns a positive number. However there is existing code