diff --git a/alpine/Dockerfile.efi b/alpine/Dockerfile.efi
index af422ae86..1ddd76b44 100644
--- a/alpine/Dockerfile.efi
+++ b/alpine/Dockerfile.efi
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ COPY kernel/x86_64/vmlinuz64 ./
 # Create a EFI boot file with kernel and initrd. From:
 # https://github.com/haraldh/mkrescue-uefi/blob/master/mkrescue-uefi.sh
 RUN cp /usr/lib/gummiboot/linuxx64.efi.stub . && \
-    echo "earlyprintk=ttyS0,115200 console=ttyS0,115200 mobyplatform=windows vsyscall=emulate rootdelay=300 noautodetect" > cmdline.txt && \
+    echo "earlyprintk=ttyS0,115200 console=ttyS0,115200 mobyplatform=windows vsyscall=emulate panic=1 rootdelay=300 noautodetect" > cmdline.txt && \
     objcopy \
         --add-section .osrel=/etc/os-release --change-section-vma .osrel=0x20000 \
         --add-section .cmdline=./cmdline.txt --change-section-vma .cmdline=0x30000 \
diff --git a/alpine/kernel/kernel_config b/alpine/kernel/kernel_config
index 18faf407a..5dd9fab37 100644
--- a/alpine/kernel/kernel_config
+++ b/alpine/kernel/kernel_config
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #
 # Automatically generated file; DO NOT EDIT.
-# Linux/x86 4.9.4 Kernel Configuration
+# Linux/x86 4.9.5 Kernel Configuration
 #
 CONFIG_64BIT=y
 CONFIG_X86_64=y
@@ -3164,7 +3164,7 @@ CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HUNG_TASK_PANIC_VALUE=0
 CONFIG_WQ_WATCHDOG=y
 CONFIG_PANIC_ON_OOPS=y
 CONFIG_PANIC_ON_OOPS_VALUE=1
-CONFIG_PANIC_TIMEOUT=1
+CONFIG_PANIC_TIMEOUT=0
 CONFIG_SCHED_DEBUG=y
 CONFIG_SCHED_INFO=y
 # CONFIG_SCHEDSTATS is not set