diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
index bfe901353142..fd176840a595 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ out_of_memory:
 	}
 	printk("VM: killing process %s\n", current->comm);
 	if (user_mode(regs))
-		do_exit(SIGKILL);
+		do_group_exit(SIGKILL);
 	return SIGKILL;
 
 do_sigbus: