diff --git a/kernel/panic.c b/kernel/panic.c
index 1b83fd80b56928..3458469eb7c348 100644
--- a/kernel/panic.c
+++ b/kernel/panic.c
@@ -237,11 +237,12 @@ void add_taint(unsigned flag)
 	 * Can't trust the integrity of the kernel anymore.
 	 * We don't call directly debug_locks_off() because the issue
 	 * is not necessarily serious enough to set oops_in_progress to 1
-	 * Also we want to keep up lockdep for staging development and
-	 * post-warning case.
+	 * Also we want to keep up lockdep for staging/out-of-tree
+	 * development and post-warning case.
 	 */
 	switch (flag) {
 	case TAINT_CRAP:
+	case TAINT_OOT_MODULE:
 	case TAINT_WARN:
 	case TAINT_FIRMWARE_WORKAROUND:
 		break;