diff --git a/include/linux/mm_types.h b/include/linux/mm_types.h
index 1fda9c99ef95..d553855503e6 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm_types.h
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <linux/cpumask.h>
 #include <linux/uprobes.h>
 #include <linux/page-flags-layout.h>
+#include <linux/workqueue.h>
 #include <asm/page.h>
 #include <asm/mmu.h>
 
@@ -513,6 +514,7 @@ struct mm_struct {
 #ifdef CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE
 	atomic_long_t hugetlb_usage;
 #endif
+	struct work_struct async_put_work;
 };
 
 static inline void mm_init_cpumask(struct mm_struct *mm)
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 40eabf176ce2..479e3cade7e9 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -2730,6 +2730,11 @@ static inline void mmdrop(struct mm_struct * mm)
 
 /* mmput gets rid of the mappings and all user-space */
 extern void mmput(struct mm_struct *);
+/* same as above but performs the slow path from the async kontext. Can
+ * be called from the atomic context as well
+ */
+extern void mmput_async(struct mm_struct *);
+
 /* Grab a reference to a task's mm, if it is not already going away */
 extern struct mm_struct *get_task_mm(struct task_struct *task);
 /*
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 3e8451527cbe..8fbed7194af1 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -699,6 +699,26 @@ void __mmdrop(struct mm_struct *mm)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__mmdrop);
 
+static inline void __mmput(struct mm_struct *mm)
+{
+	VM_BUG_ON(atomic_read(&mm->mm_users));
+
+	uprobe_clear_state(mm);
+	exit_aio(mm);
+	ksm_exit(mm);
+	khugepaged_exit(mm); /* must run before exit_mmap */
+	exit_mmap(mm);
+	set_mm_exe_file(mm, NULL);
+	if (!list_empty(&mm->mmlist)) {
+		spin_lock(&mmlist_lock);
+		list_del(&mm->mmlist);
+		spin_unlock(&mmlist_lock);
+	}
+	if (mm->binfmt)
+		module_put(mm->binfmt->module);
+	mmdrop(mm);
+}
+
 /*
  * Decrement the use count and release all resources for an mm.
  */
@@ -706,25 +726,25 @@ void mmput(struct mm_struct *mm)
 {
 	might_sleep();
 
-	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&mm->mm_users)) {
-		uprobe_clear_state(mm);
-		exit_aio(mm);
-		ksm_exit(mm);
-		khugepaged_exit(mm); /* must run before exit_mmap */
-		exit_mmap(mm);
-		set_mm_exe_file(mm, NULL);
-		if (!list_empty(&mm->mmlist)) {
-			spin_lock(&mmlist_lock);
-			list_del(&mm->mmlist);
-			spin_unlock(&mmlist_lock);
-		}
-		if (mm->binfmt)
-			module_put(mm->binfmt->module);
-		mmdrop(mm);
-	}
+	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&mm->mm_users))
+		__mmput(mm);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mmput);
 
+static void mmput_async_fn(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	struct mm_struct *mm = container_of(work, struct mm_struct, async_put_work);
+	__mmput(mm);
+}
+
+void mmput_async(struct mm_struct *mm)
+{
+	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&mm->mm_users)) {
+		INIT_WORK(&mm->async_put_work, mmput_async_fn);
+		schedule_work(&mm->async_put_work);
+	}
+}
+
 /**
  * set_mm_exe_file - change a reference to the mm's executable file
  *
diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c
index c0376efa79ec..c0e37dd1422f 100644
--- a/mm/oom_kill.c
+++ b/mm/oom_kill.c
@@ -446,7 +446,6 @@ static DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(oom_reaper_wait);
 static struct task_struct *oom_reaper_list;
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(oom_reaper_lock);
 
-
 static bool __oom_reap_task(struct task_struct *tsk)
 {
 	struct mmu_gather tlb;
@@ -520,7 +519,12 @@ static bool __oom_reap_task(struct task_struct *tsk)
 	 */
 	set_bit(MMF_OOM_REAPED, &mm->flags);
 out:
-	mmput(mm);
+	/*
+	 * Drop our reference but make sure the mmput slow path is called from a
+	 * different context because we shouldn't risk we get stuck there and
+	 * put the oom_reaper out of the way.
+	 */
+	mmput_async(mm);
 	return ret;
 }