diff --git a/arch/s390/mm/fault.c b/arch/s390/mm/fault.c
index da84ff6770de..8b3f6dd00eab 100644
--- a/arch/s390/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/s390/mm/fault.c
@@ -442,6 +442,8 @@ void do_secure_storage_access(struct pt_regs *regs)
 		if (rc)
 			BUG();
 	} else {
+		if (faulthandler_disabled())
+			return handle_fault_error_nolock(regs, 0);
 		mm = current->mm;
 		mmap_read_lock(mm);
 		vma = find_vma(mm, addr);