diff --git a/include/linux/kgdb.h b/include/linux/kgdb.h
index fbf144aaa749..b072aeb1fd78 100644
--- a/include/linux/kgdb.h
+++ b/include/linux/kgdb.h
@@ -326,8 +326,10 @@ extern atomic_t			kgdb_active;
 	(raw_smp_processor_id() == atomic_read(&kgdb_active))
 extern bool dbg_is_early;
 extern void __init dbg_late_init(void);
+extern void kgdb_panic(const char *msg);
 #else /* ! CONFIG_KGDB */
 #define in_dbg_master() (0)
 #define dbg_late_init()
+static inline void kgdb_panic(const char *msg) {}
 #endif /* ! CONFIG_KGDB */
 #endif /* _KGDB_H_ */
diff --git a/kernel/debug/debug_core.c b/kernel/debug/debug_core.c
index 10f1187b3907..f76d6f77dd5e 100644
--- a/kernel/debug/debug_core.c
+++ b/kernel/debug/debug_core.c
@@ -893,29 +893,24 @@ static struct sysrq_key_op sysrq_dbg_op = {
 };
 #endif
 
-static int kgdb_panic_event(struct notifier_block *self,
-			    unsigned long val,
-			    void *data)
+void kgdb_panic(const char *msg)
 {
+	if (!kgdb_io_module_registered)
+		return;
+
 	/*
-	 * Avoid entering the debugger if we were triggered due to a panic
-	 * We don't want to get stuck waiting for input from user in such case.
-	 * panic_timeout indicates the system should automatically
+	 * We don't want to get stuck waiting for input from user if
+	 * "panic_timeout" indicates the system should automatically
 	 * reboot on panic.
 	 */
 	if (panic_timeout)
-		return NOTIFY_DONE;
+		return;
 
 	if (dbg_kdb_mode)
-		kdb_printf("PANIC: %s\n", (char *)data);
-	kgdb_breakpoint();
-	return NOTIFY_DONE;
-}
+		kdb_printf("PANIC: %s\n", msg);
 
-static struct notifier_block kgdb_panic_event_nb = {
-       .notifier_call	= kgdb_panic_event,
-       .priority	= INT_MAX,
-};
+	kgdb_breakpoint();
+}
 
 void __weak kgdb_arch_late(void)
 {
@@ -965,8 +960,6 @@ static void kgdb_register_callbacks(void)
 			kgdb_arch_late();
 		register_module_notifier(&dbg_module_load_nb);
 		register_reboot_notifier(&dbg_reboot_notifier);
-		atomic_notifier_chain_register(&panic_notifier_list,
-					       &kgdb_panic_event_nb);
 #ifdef CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ
 		register_sysrq_key('g', &sysrq_dbg_op);
 #endif
@@ -980,16 +973,14 @@ static void kgdb_register_callbacks(void)
 static void kgdb_unregister_callbacks(void)
 {
 	/*
-	 * When this routine is called KGDB should unregister from the
-	 * panic handler and clean up, making sure it is not handling any
+	 * When this routine is called KGDB should unregister from
+	 * handlers and clean up, making sure it is not handling any
 	 * break exceptions at the time.
 	 */
 	if (kgdb_io_module_registered) {
 		kgdb_io_module_registered = 0;
 		unregister_reboot_notifier(&dbg_reboot_notifier);
 		unregister_module_notifier(&dbg_module_load_nb);
-		atomic_notifier_chain_unregister(&panic_notifier_list,
-					       &kgdb_panic_event_nb);
 		kgdb_arch_exit();
 #ifdef CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ
 		unregister_sysrq_key('g', &sysrq_dbg_op);
diff --git a/kernel/panic.c b/kernel/panic.c
index 057540b6eee9..d1ece4c363b9 100644
--- a/kernel/panic.c
+++ b/kernel/panic.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <linux/debug_locks.h>
 #include <linux/sched/debug.h>
 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
+#include <linux/kgdb.h>
 #include <linux/kmsg_dump.h>
 #include <linux/kallsyms.h>
 #include <linux/notifier.h>
@@ -219,6 +220,13 @@ void panic(const char *fmt, ...)
 		dump_stack();
 #endif
 
+	/*
+	 * If kgdb is enabled, give it a chance to run before we stop all
+	 * the other CPUs or else we won't be able to debug processes left
+	 * running on them.
+	 */
+	kgdb_panic(buf);
+
 	/*
 	 * If we have crashed and we have a crash kernel loaded let it handle
 	 * everything else.