diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
index f63f8fd00a91..15507e739c25 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
@@ -838,7 +838,7 @@ void __noreturn stop_this_cpu(void *dummy)
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 	if (smp_ops.stop_this_cpu) {
 		smp_ops.stop_this_cpu();
-		unreachable();
+		BUG();
 	}
 #endif
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/reboot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/reboot.c
index 615922838c51..dc1dd3f3e67f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/reboot.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/reboot.c
@@ -883,7 +883,7 @@ static int crash_nmi_callback(unsigned int val, struct pt_regs *regs)
 
 	if (smp_ops.stop_this_cpu) {
 		smp_ops.stop_this_cpu();
-		unreachable();
+		BUG();
 	}
 
 	/* Assume hlt works */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c
index 943bd074a5d3..fe6cc763fd51 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c
@@ -3820,7 +3820,7 @@ static int snp_begin_psc(struct vcpu_svm *svm, struct psc_buffer *psc)
 		goto next_range;
 	}
 
-	unreachable();
+	BUG();
 }
 
 static int __sev_snp_update_protected_guest_state(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)