diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c
index f1b810ddf232..af30643fdc08 100644
--- a/mm/oom_kill.c
+++ b/mm/oom_kill.c
@@ -1131,6 +1131,9 @@ void pagefault_out_of_memory(void)
 	if (mem_cgroup_oom_synchronize(true))
 		return;
 
+	if (fatal_signal_pending(current))
+		return;
+
 	if (!mutex_trylock(&oom_lock))
 		return;
 	out_of_memory(&oc);