diff --git a/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c b/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
index 72087e05b5a5..250ea9ec5f0c 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
@@ -860,6 +860,8 @@ static void __ghes_panic(struct ghes *ghes,
 
 	__ghes_print_estatus(KERN_EMERG, ghes->generic, estatus);
 
+	add_taint(TAINT_MACHINE_CHECK, LOCKDEP_STILL_OK);
+
 	ghes_clear_estatus(ghes, estatus, buf_paddr, fixmap_idx);
 
 	if (!panic_timeout)