diff --git a/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c b/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
index 2abf20736702..22db720b128b 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
@@ -715,6 +715,17 @@ static bool ghes_do_proc(struct ghes *ghes,
 		}
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * If no memory failure work is queued for abnormal synchronous
+	 * errors, do a force kill.
+	 */
+	if (sync && !queued) {
+		dev_err(ghes->dev,
+			HW_ERR GHES_PFX "%s:%d: synchronous unrecoverable error (SIGBUS)\n",
+			current->comm, task_pid_nr(current));
+		force_sig(SIGBUS);
+	}
+
 	return queued;
 }