diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c
index e97a05d9621f..63ced708eafd 100644
--- a/mm/oom_kill.c
+++ b/mm/oom_kill.c
@@ -287,9 +287,6 @@ enum oom_scan_t oom_scan_process_thread(struct oom_control *oc,
 	if (oom_task_origin(task))
 		return OOM_SCAN_SELECT;
 
-	if (task_will_free_mem(task) && !is_sysrq_oom(oc))
-		return OOM_SCAN_ABORT;
-
 	return OOM_SCAN_OK;
 }