diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/unaligned.c b/arch/mips/kernel/unaligned.c
index 7e7d54823486..24b7b053cfe9 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/unaligned.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/unaligned.c
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ asmlinkage void do_ade(struct pt_regs *regs)
 		goto sigbus;
 
 	pc = (unsigned int __user *) exception_epc(regs);
-	if ((current->thread.mflags & MF_FIXADE) == 0)
+	if (user_mode(regs) && (current->thread.mflags & MF_FIXADE) == 0)
 		goto sigbus;
 
 	/*