The invention relates to a method for performing an evasive maneuver of a motor vehicle (1) in the event of an imminent collision with at least one collision object (2), the method comprising at leastthe following: a) detecting that a collision with the at least one collision object (2) is imminent, b) analyzing the at least one collision object (1) and detecting whether a particularly sensitiveupper region (5) of the motor vehicle (1) would be at least partially affected by the collision, and c) outputting a signal for initiating an evasive maneuver if a collision of the motor vehicle (1) with the at least one collision object (2) is imminent by which the particularly sensitive upper region (5) of the motor vehicle (1) would be at least partially affected. The invention also relates toa controller for the motor vehicle, a computer program and a machine readable storage medium.