diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal.c
index c15182765ff5..516e23de5a3d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal.c
@@ -490,9 +490,12 @@ void pnv_platform_error_reboot(struct pt_regs *regs, const char *msg)
 	 *    opal to trigger checkstop explicitly for error analysis.
 	 *    The FSP PRD component would have already got notified
 	 *    about this error through other channels.
+	 * 4. We are running on a newer skiboot that by default does
+	 *    not cause a checkstop, drops us back to the kernel to
+	 *    extract context and state at the time of the error.
 	 */
 
-	ppc_md.restart(NULL);
+	panic(msg);
 }
 
 int opal_machine_check(struct pt_regs *regs)