diff --git a/arch/arc/kernel/entry.S b/arch/arc/kernel/entry.S
index 1eea99beecc3..85d9ea4a0acc 100644
--- a/arch/arc/kernel/entry.S
+++ b/arch/arc/kernel/entry.S
@@ -92,6 +92,12 @@ ENTRY(EV_MachineCheck)
 	lr  r0, [efa]
 	mov r1, sp
 
+	; hardware auto-disables MMU, re-enable it to allow kernel vaddr
+	; access for say stack unwinding of modules for crash dumps
+	lr	r3, [ARC_REG_PID]
+	or	r3, r3, MMU_ENABLE
+	sr	r3, [ARC_REG_PID]
+
 	lsr  	r3, r2, 8
 	bmsk 	r3, r3, 7
 	brne    r3, ECR_C_MCHK_DUP_TLB, 1f
diff --git a/arch/arc/mm/tlb.c b/arch/arc/mm/tlb.c
index edc59a0a9c9b..8ceefbf72fb0 100644
--- a/arch/arc/mm/tlb.c
+++ b/arch/arc/mm/tlb.c
@@ -908,9 +908,6 @@ void do_tlb_overlap_fault(unsigned long cause, unsigned long address,
 
 	local_irq_save(flags);
 
-	/* re-enable the MMU */
-	write_aux_reg(ARC_REG_PID, MMU_ENABLE | read_aux_reg(ARC_REG_PID));
-
 	/* loop thru all sets of TLB */
 	for (set = 0; set < mmu->sets; set++) {