diff --git a/arch/avr32/kernel/traps.c b/arch/avr32/kernel/traps.c
index b91b204..7aa2575 100644
--- a/arch/avr32/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/avr32/kernel/traps.c
@@ -95,28 +95,6 @@
 	info.si_code = code;
 	info.si_addr = (void __user *)addr;
 	force_sig_info(signr, &info, current);
-
-	/*
-	 * Init gets no signals that it doesn't have a handler for.
-	 * That's all very well, but if it has caused a synchronous
-	 * exception and we ignore the resulting signal, it will just
-	 * generate the same exception over and over again and we get
-	 * nowhere.  Better to kill it and let the kernel panic.
-	 */
-	if (is_global_init(current)) {
-		__sighandler_t handler;
-
-		spin_lock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
-		handler = current->sighand->action[signr-1].sa.sa_handler;
-		spin_unlock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
-		if (handler == SIG_DFL) {
-			/* init has generated a synchronous exception
-			   and it doesn't have a handler for the signal */
-			printk(KERN_CRIT "init has generated signal %ld "
-			       "but has no handler for it\n", signr);
-			do_exit(signr);
-		}
-	}
 }
 
 asmlinkage void do_nmi(unsigned long ecr, struct pt_regs *regs)