1 files changed, 0 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index b78972e2f43f..77a29cea5d76 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -1521,11 +1521,8 @@ void __mem_cgroup_out_of_memory(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, gfp_t gfp_mask,
         if (!chosen)
                 return;
         points = chosen_points * 1000 / totalpages;
-        read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
         oom_kill_process(chosen, gfp_mask, order, points, totalpages, memcg,
                          NULL, "Memory cgroup out of memory");
-        read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
-        put_task_struct(chosen);
 }
 
 static unsigned long mem_cgroup_reclaim(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,