Method for providing steering assistance for an electromechanical steering system of a motor vehicle having a steering pinion connected to a lower steering shaft , which engages a rack mounted in a housing to be movable along a longitudinal axis for steering wheels , at least two electric motors or one electric motor with at least two winding groups for steering assistance, a torque sensor arranged between an upper steering shaft connected to the steering wheel and the lower steering shaft , and an electronic control unit for calculating the steering assistance, wherein the electronic control unit comprises a redundant control device with a primary control path and a secondary control path , wherein the primary control path has a primary computing unit , a primary gate driver module and a primary power module , and that the secondary control path has a secondary computing unit , a secondary gate driver module , and a secondary power module , and that the method has the following steps: • Detecting a steering torque applied by the driver using the torque sensor , • In the fault-free case, calculating a primary motor target torque and a secondary motor target torque in the primary computing unit as a function of the steering torque applied by the driver and other input variables, • Transferring the primary motor target torque to a primary motor controller of the primary computing unit , • Determining primary motor currents for operating a primary electric motor or a primary winding group of the electric motor in the primary motor controller , • Transferring the secondary motor target torque from the primary computing unit by means of a signal line to a secondary motor controller of the secondary computing unit , • Determining secondary motor currents for the operation of a secondary electric motor or a secondary winding group of the electric motor in the secondary motor controller of the secondary computing unit , • Detecting a fault state in one of the control paths by the faulty control path , • Switching off the steering assistance of the faulty control path , wherein • In a fault state of one of the control paths , the faulty control path stops the communication with the fault-free computing unit over the signal line and the fault-free control path detects the fault state on the basis of the missing communication. • Detecting a steering torque applied by the driver using the torque sensor , • In the fault-free case, calculating a primary motor target torque and a secondary motor target torque in the primary computing unit as a function of the steering torque applied by the driver and other input variables, • Transferring the primary motor target torque to a primary motor controller of the primary computing unit , • Determining primary motor currents for operating a primary electric motor or a primary winding group of the electric motor in the primary motor controller , • Transferring the secondary motor target torque from the primary computing unit by means of a signal line to a secondary motor controller of the secondary computing unit , • Determining secondary motor currents for the operation of a secondary electric motor or a secondary winding group of the electric motor in the secondary motor controller of the secondary computing unit , • Detecting a fault state in one of the control paths by the faulty control path , • Switching off the steering assistance of the faulty control path , wherein • In a fault state of one of the control paths , the faulty control path stops the communication with the fault-free computing unit over the signal line and the fault-free control path detects the fault state on the basis of the missing communication. <EOS>