diff --git a/20-kdump-steamos.conf b/20-kdump-steamos.conf
index 3a7f45b..6c921e7 100644
--- a/20-kdump-steamos.conf
+++ b/20-kdump-steamos.conf
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@
 
 kernel.panic_on_oops = 1
 
-kernel.panic_on_rcu_stall = 1
-
 kernel.softlockup_panic = 1
 
 kernel.hardlockup_panic = 1
@@ -29,3 +27,9 @@ kernel.panic_print = 71
 #  Currently disabled, since SteamOS might get stuck while
 #  doing installation on drive using calamares.
 kernel.hung_task_panic = 0
+
+#  A bit risky to panic on that, might cause undesirable panics
+#  due to small stalls. A trade-off is if we indeed have a severe
+#  bug causing a (long) RCU stall, we'd not panic and have it
+#  reported. But seems the risk is bigger...
+kernel.panic_on_rcu_stall = 0