diff -urNp linux-890/arch/i386/mm/fault.c linux-900/arch/i386/mm/fault.c
--- linux-890/arch/i386/mm/fault.c	
+++ linux-900/arch/i386/mm/fault.c	
@@ -178,9 +178,10 @@ asmlinkage void do_page_fault(struct pt_
 	 * If we're in an interrupt or have no user
 	 * context, we must not take the fault..
 	 */
-	if (in_interrupt() || !mm)
-		goto no_context;
+	if (tsk->in_page_fault || in_interrupt() || !mm)
+		goto must_oops;
 
+	tsk->in_page_fault = 1;
 	down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
 
 	vma = find_vma(mm, address);
@@ -256,6 +257,7 @@ good_area:
 			tsk->thread.screen_bitmap |= 1 << bit;
 	}
 	up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
+	tsk->in_page_fault = 0;
 	return;
 
 /*
@@ -264,6 +266,7 @@ good_area:
  */
 bad_area:
 	up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
+	tsk->in_page_fault = 0;
 
 	/* User mode accesses just cause a SIGSEGV */
 	if (error_code & 4) {
@@ -304,6 +307,7 @@ no_context:
  * terminate things with extreme prejudice.
  */
 
+must_oops:
 	bust_spinlocks(1);
 
 	if (address < PAGE_SIZE)
@@ -336,6 +340,7 @@ out_of_memory:
 		goto survive;
 	}
 	up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
+	tsk->in_page_fault = 0;
 	printk("VM: killing process %s\n", tsk->comm);
 	if (error_code & 4)
 		do_exit(SIGKILL);
@@ -343,6 +348,7 @@ out_of_memory:
 
 do_sigbus:
 	up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
+	tsk->in_page_fault = 0;
 
 	/*
 	 * Send a sigbus, regardless of whether we were in kernel
diff -urNp linux-890/include/linux/sched.h linux-900/include/linux/sched.h
--- linux-890/include/linux/sched.h	
+++ linux-900/include/linux/sched.h	
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ struct task_struct {
 	int pdeath_signal;  /*  The signal sent when the parent dies  */
 	/* ??? */
 	unsigned long personality;
-	int did_exec:1;
+	int did_exec:1, in_page_fault:1;
 	unsigned task_dumpable:1;
 	pid_t pid;
 	pid_t pgrp;