diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index ee2925998e2e..cfddcd2075b9 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -1055,6 +1055,14 @@ int get_user_pages(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm,
 		do {
 			struct page *page;
 
+			/*
+			 * If tsk is ooming, cut off its access to large memory
+			 * allocations. It has a pending SIGKILL, but it can't
+			 * be processed until returning to user space.
+			 */
+			if (unlikely(test_tsk_thread_flag(tsk, TIF_MEMDIE)))
+				return -ENOMEM;
+
 			if (write)
 				foll_flags |= FOLL_WRITE;