diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index c96c1f2b9cf5..b16b5b807d7c 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -1664,7 +1664,7 @@ static bool mem_cgroup_out_of_memory(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, gfp_t gfp_mask,
 	 * A few threads which were not waiting at mutex_lock_killable() can
 	 * fail to bail out. Therefore, check again after holding oom_lock.
 	 */
-	ret = task_is_dying() || out_of_memory(&oc);
+	ret = out_of_memory(&oc);
 
 unlock:
 	mutex_unlock(&oom_lock);