*tnat |= (nat << tslot);
 }
 
+/* Change the comm field on the MCA/INT task to include the pid that
+ * was interrupted, it makes for easier debugging.  If that pid was 0
+ * (swapper or nested MCA/INIT) then use the start of the previous comm
+ * field suffixed with its cpu.
+ */
+
+static void
+ia64_mca_modify_comm(const task_t *previous_current)
+{
+       char *p, comm[sizeof(current->comm)];
+       if (previous_current->pid)
+               snprintf(comm, sizeof(comm), "%s %d",
+                       current->comm, previous_current->pid);
+       else {
+               int l;
+               if ((p = strchr(previous_current->comm, ' ')))
+                       l = p - previous_current->comm;
+               else
+                       l = strlen(previous_current->comm);
+               snprintf(comm, sizeof(comm), "%s %*s %d",
+                       current->comm, l, previous_current->comm,
+                       task_thread_info(previous_current)->cpu);
+       }
+       memcpy(current->comm, comm, sizeof(current->comm));
+}
+
 /* On entry to this routine, we are running on the per cpu stack, see
  * mca_asm.h.  The original stack has not been touched by this event.  Some of
  * the original stack's registers will be in the RBS on this stack.  This stack
                struct ia64_sal_os_state *sos,
                const char *type)
 {
-       char *p, comm[sizeof(current->comm)];
+       char *p;
        ia64_va va;
        extern char ia64_leave_kernel[];        /* Need asm address, not function descriptor */
        const pal_min_state_area_t *ms = sos->pal_min_state;
        /* Verify the previous stack state before we change it */
        if (user_mode(regs)) {
                msg = "occurred in user space";
+               /* previous_current is guaranteed to be valid when the task was
+                * in user space, so ...
+                */
+               ia64_mca_modify_comm(previous_current);
                goto no_mod;
        }
        if (r13 != sos->prev_IA64_KR_CURRENT) {
                goto no_mod;
        }
 
-       /* Change the comm field on the MCA/INT task to include the pid that
-        * was interrupted, it makes for easier debugging.  If that pid was 0
-        * (swapper or nested MCA/INIT) then use the start of the previous comm
-        * field suffixed with its cpu.
-        */
-       if (previous_current->pid)
-               snprintf(comm, sizeof(comm), "%s %d",
-                       current->comm, previous_current->pid);
-       else {
-               int l;
-               if ((p = strchr(previous_current->comm, ' ')))
-                       l = p - previous_current->comm;
-               else
-                       l = strlen(previous_current->comm);
-               snprintf(comm, sizeof(comm), "%s %*s %d",
-                       current->comm, l, previous_current->comm,
-                       task_thread_info(previous_current)->cpu);
-       }
-       memcpy(current->comm, comm, sizeof(current->comm));
+       ia64_mca_modify_comm(previous_current);
 
        /* Make the original task look blocked.  First stack a struct pt_regs,
         * describing the state at the time of interrupt.  mca_asm.S built a