diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
index 04505f938bbc..389a2a875262 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
@@ -210,28 +210,26 @@ static bool bad_kernel_fault(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long error_code,
 		return true;
 	}
 
-	if (!is_exec && address < TASK_SIZE && (error_code & (DSISR_PROTFAULT | DSISR_KEYFAULT)) &&
-	    !search_exception_tables(regs->nip)) {
-		pr_crit_ratelimited("Kernel attempted to access user page (%lx) - exploit attempt? (uid: %d)\n",
-				    address,
-				    from_kuid(&init_user_ns, current_uid()));
-	}
-
 	// Kernel fault on kernel address is bad
 	if (address >= TASK_SIZE)
 		return true;
 
-	// Fault on user outside of certain regions (eg. copy_tofrom_user()) is bad
-	if (!search_exception_tables(regs->nip))
-		return true;
+	// Read/write fault blocked by KUAP is bad, it can never succeed.
+	if (bad_kuap_fault(regs, address, is_write)) {
+		pr_crit_ratelimited("Kernel attempted to %s user page (%lx) - exploit attempt? (uid: %d)\n",
+				    is_write ? "write" : "read", address,
+				    from_kuid(&init_user_ns, current_uid()));
 
-	// Read/write fault in a valid region (the exception table search passed
-	// above), but blocked by KUAP is bad, it can never succeed.
-	if (bad_kuap_fault(regs, address, is_write))
+		// Fault on user outside of certain regions (eg. copy_tofrom_user()) is bad
+		if (!search_exception_tables(regs->nip))
+			return true;
+
+		// Read/write fault in a valid region (the exception table search passed
+		// above), but blocked by KUAP is bad, it can never succeed.
 		return WARN(true, "Bug: %s fault blocked by KUAP!", is_write ? "Write" : "Read");
+	}
 
-	// What's left? Kernel fault on user in well defined regions (extable
-	// matched), and allowed by KUAP in the faulting context.
+	// What's left? Kernel fault on user and allowed by KUAP in the faulting context.
 	return false;
 }