1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c
index 79e451a78c9e..98e75f2ac7bc 100644
--- a/mm/oom_kill.c
+++ b/mm/oom_kill.c
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ enum oom_scan_t oom_scan_process_thread(struct task_struct *task,
 
 /*
  * Simple selection loop. We chose the process with the highest
- * number of 'points'.
+ * number of 'points'.  Returns -1 on scan abort.
  *
  * (not docbooked, we don't want this one cluttering up the manual)
  */
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ static struct task_struct *select_bad_process(unsigned int *ppoints,
                         continue;
                 case OOM_SCAN_ABORT:
                         rcu_read_unlock();
-                        return ERR_PTR(-1UL);
+                        return (struct task_struct *)(-1UL);
                 case OOM_SCAN_OK:
                         break;
                 };
@@ -657,7 +657,7 @@ void out_of_memory(struct zonelist *zonelist, gfp_t gfp_mask,
                 dump_header(NULL, gfp_mask, order, NULL, mpol_mask);
                 panic("Out of memory and no killable processes...\n");
         }
-        if (PTR_ERR(p) != -1UL) {
+        if (p != (void *)-1UL) {
                 oom_kill_process(p, gfp_mask, order, points, totalpages, NULL,
                                  nodemask, "Out of memory");
                 killed = 1;