1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/arch/riscv/mm/fault.c b/arch/riscv/mm/fault.c
index 26293bc053a8..cec8be9e2d6a 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/mm/fault.c
@@ -229,8 +229,9 @@ vmalloc_fault:
                 pte_t *pte_k;
                 int index;
 
+                /* User mode accesses just cause a SIGSEGV */
                 if (user_mode(regs))
-                        goto bad_area;
+                        return do_trap(regs, SIGSEGV, code, addr, tsk);
 
                 /*
                  * Synchronize this task's top level page-table