diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index bfa513c5b227..d0ec6f6b41cb 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -735,36 +735,8 @@ void __noreturn do_exit(long code)
 	struct task_struct *tsk = current;
 	int group_dead;
 
-	/*
-	 * We can get here from a kernel oops, sometimes with preemption off.
-	 * Start by checking for critical errors.
-	 * Then fix up important state like USER_DS and preemption.
-	 * Then do everything else.
-	 */
-
 	WARN_ON(blk_needs_flush_plug(tsk));
 
-	if (unlikely(in_interrupt()))
-		panic("Aiee, killing interrupt handler!");
-	if (unlikely(!tsk->pid))
-		panic("Attempted to kill the idle task!");
-
-	/*
-	 * If do_exit is called because this processes oopsed, it's possible
-	 * that get_fs() was left as KERNEL_DS, so reset it to USER_DS before
-	 * continuing. Amongst other possible reasons, this is to prevent
-	 * mm_release()->clear_child_tid() from writing to a user-controlled
-	 * kernel address.
-	 */
-	force_uaccess_begin();
-
-	if (unlikely(in_atomic())) {
-		pr_info("note: %s[%d] exited with preempt_count %d\n",
-			current->comm, task_pid_nr(current),
-			preempt_count());
-		preempt_count_set(PREEMPT_ENABLED);
-	}
-
 	profile_task_exit(tsk);
 	kcov_task_exit(tsk);
 
@@ -773,17 +745,6 @@ void __noreturn do_exit(long code)
 
 	validate_creds_for_do_exit(tsk);
 
-	/*
-	 * We're taking recursive faults here in do_exit. Safest is to just
-	 * leave this task alone and wait for reboot.
-	 */
-	if (unlikely(tsk->flags & PF_EXITING)) {
-		pr_alert("Fixing recursive fault but reboot is needed!\n");
-		futex_exit_recursive(tsk);
-		set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
-		schedule();
-	}
-
 	io_uring_files_cancel();
 	exit_signals(tsk);  /* sets PF_EXITING */
 
@@ -889,7 +850,46 @@ void __noreturn make_task_dead(int signr)
 	/*
 	 * Take the task off the cpu after something catastrophic has
 	 * happened.
+	 *
+	 * We can get here from a kernel oops, sometimes with preemption off.
+	 * Start by checking for critical errors.
+	 * Then fix up important state like USER_DS and preemption.
+	 * Then do everything else.
 	 */
+	struct task_struct *tsk = current;
+
+	if (unlikely(in_interrupt()))
+		panic("Aiee, killing interrupt handler!");
+	if (unlikely(!tsk->pid))
+		panic("Attempted to kill the idle task!");
+
+	/*
+	 * If make_task_dead is called because this processes oopsed, it's possible
+	 * that get_fs() was left as KERNEL_DS, so reset it to USER_DS before
+	 * continuing. Amongst other possible reasons, this is to prevent
+	 * mm_release()->clear_child_tid() from writing to a user-controlled
+	 * kernel address.
+	 */
+	force_uaccess_begin();
+
+	if (unlikely(in_atomic())) {
+		pr_info("note: %s[%d] exited with preempt_count %d\n",
+			current->comm, task_pid_nr(current),
+			preempt_count());
+		preempt_count_set(PREEMPT_ENABLED);
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * We're taking recursive faults here in make_task_dead. Safest is to just
+	 * leave this task alone and wait for reboot.
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(tsk->flags & PF_EXITING)) {
+		pr_alert("Fixing recursive fault but reboot is needed!\n");
+		futex_exit_recursive(tsk);
+		set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
+		schedule();
+	}
+
 	do_exit(signr);
 }
 
diff --git a/kernel/futex/core.c b/kernel/futex/core.c
index 25d8a88b32e5..39a1522865b5 100644
--- a/kernel/futex/core.c
+++ b/kernel/futex/core.c
@@ -1044,7 +1044,7 @@ static void futex_cleanup(struct task_struct *tsk)
  * actually finished the futex cleanup. The worst case for this is that the
  * waiter runs through the wait loop until the state becomes visible.
  *
- * This is called from the recursive fault handling path in do_exit().
+ * This is called from the recursive fault handling path in make_task_dead().
  *
  * This is best effort. Either the futex exit code has run already or
  * not. If the OWNER_DIED bit has been set on the futex then the waiter can
diff --git a/kernel/kexec_core.c b/kernel/kexec_core.c
index 5a5d192a89ac..68480f731192 100644
--- a/kernel/kexec_core.c
+++ b/kernel/kexec_core.c
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ int kexec_should_crash(struct task_struct *p)
 	if (crash_kexec_post_notifiers)
 		return 0;
 	/*
-	 * There are 4 panic() calls in do_exit() path, each of which
+	 * There are 4 panic() calls in make_task_dead() path, each of which
 	 * corresponds to each of these 4 conditions.
 	 */
 	if (in_interrupt() || !p->pid || is_global_init(p) || panic_on_oops)