1 files changed, 3 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c
index 709aedfaa014..7c0dc414dba8 100644
--- a/mm/oom_kill.c
+++ b/mm/oom_kill.c
@@ -256,14 +256,11 @@ static struct task_struct *select_bad_process(unsigned long *ppoints,
         for_each_process(p) {
                 unsigned long points;
 
-                /*
-                 * skip kernel threads and tasks which have already released
-                 * their mm.
-                 */
+                /* skip tasks that have already released their mm */
                 if (!p->mm)
                         continue;
-                /* skip the init task */
-                if (is_global_init(p))
+                /* skip the init task and kthreads */
+                if (is_global_init(p) || (p->flags & PF_KTHREAD))
                         continue;
                 if (mem && !task_in_mem_cgroup(p, mem))
                         continue;