diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c
index 04c9143a86255a..9c643a3c7451f4 100644
--- a/mm/oom_kill.c
+++ b/mm/oom_kill.c
@@ -1068,6 +1068,9 @@ void pagefault_out_of_memory(void)
 	if (mem_cgroup_oom_synchronize(true))
 		return;
 
+	if (tsk_is_oom_victim(current))
+		return;
+
 	if (!mutex_trylock(&oom_lock))
 		return;
 	out_of_memory(&oc);