diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
index bfe901353142f..fd176840a595c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ int __kprobes do_page_fault(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long address,
 	}
 	printk("VM: killing process %s\n", current->comm);
 	if (user_mode(regs))
-		do_exit(SIGKILL);
+		do_group_exit(SIGKILL);
 	return SIGKILL;
 
 do_sigbus: