1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index f9e450c6b6e4..b7a6f583a373 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -3870,7 +3870,9 @@ retry:
                 goto got_pg;
 
         /* Avoid allocations with no watermarks from looping endlessly */
-        if (test_thread_flag(TIF_MEMDIE))
+        if (test_thread_flag(TIF_MEMDIE) &&
+            (alloc_flags == ALLOC_NO_WATERMARKS ||
+             (gfp_mask & __GFP_NOMEMALLOC)))
                 goto nopage;
 
         /* Retry as long as the OOM killer is making progress */