diff --git a/arch/s390/mm/fault.c b/arch/s390/mm/fault.c
index b28aaa495d3584..0fc0a7e3c0ee2f 100644
--- a/arch/s390/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/s390/mm/fault.c
@@ -453,6 +453,7 @@ int __handle_fault(unsigned long uaddr, unsigned long pgm_int_code, int write)
 	struct pt_regs regs;
 	int access, fault;
 
+	/* Emulate a uaccess fault from kernel mode. */
 	regs.psw.mask = psw_kernel_bits | PSW_MASK_DAT | PSW_MASK_MCHECK;
 	if (!irqs_disabled())
 		regs.psw.mask |= PSW_MASK_IO | PSW_MASK_EXT;
@@ -461,12 +462,12 @@ int __handle_fault(unsigned long uaddr, unsigned long pgm_int_code, int write)
 	uaddr &= PAGE_MASK;
 	access = write ? VM_WRITE : VM_READ;
 	fault = do_exception(&regs, access, uaddr | 2);
-	if (unlikely(fault)) {
-		if (fault & VM_FAULT_OOM)
-			return -EFAULT;
-		else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGBUS)
-			do_sigbus(&regs, pgm_int_code, uaddr);
-	}
+	/*
+	 * Since the fault happened in kernel mode while performing a uaccess
+	 * all we need to do now is emulating a fixup in case "fault" is not
+	 * zero.
+	 * For the calling uaccess functions this results always in -EFAULT.
+	 */
 	return fault ? -EFAULT : 0;
 }