diff --git a/include/linux/oom.h b/include/linux/oom.h
index 606137b3b778..5bc0457ee3a8 100644
--- a/include/linux/oom.h
+++ b/include/linux/oom.h
@@ -73,9 +73,9 @@ static inline bool oom_task_origin(const struct task_struct *p)
 extern void mark_oom_victim(struct task_struct *tsk);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MMU
-extern void try_oom_reaper(struct task_struct *tsk);
+extern void wake_oom_reaper(struct task_struct *tsk);
 #else
-static inline void try_oom_reaper(struct task_struct *tsk)
+static inline void wake_oom_reaper(struct task_struct *tsk)
 {
 }
 #endif
@@ -107,27 +107,7 @@ extern void oom_killer_enable(void);
 
 extern struct task_struct *find_lock_task_mm(struct task_struct *p);
 
-static inline bool task_will_free_mem(struct task_struct *task)
-{
-	struct signal_struct *sig = task->signal;
-
-	/*
-	 * A coredumping process may sleep for an extended period in exit_mm(),
-	 * so the oom killer cannot assume that the process will promptly exit
-	 * and release memory.
-	 */
-	if (sig->flags & SIGNAL_GROUP_COREDUMP)
-		return false;
-
-	if (!(task->flags & PF_EXITING))
-		return false;
-
-	/* Make sure that the whole thread group is going down */
-	if (!thread_group_empty(task) && !(sig->flags & SIGNAL_GROUP_EXIT))
-		return false;
-
-	return true;
-}
+bool task_will_free_mem(struct task_struct *task);
 
 /* sysctls */
 extern int sysctl_oom_dump_tasks;
diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index f3a84c64f35c..3e8f9e5e9291 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -1276,9 +1276,9 @@ static bool mem_cgroup_out_of_memory(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, gfp_t gfp_mask,
 	 * select it.  The goal is to allow it to allocate so that it may
 	 * quickly exit and free its memory.
 	 */
-	if (fatal_signal_pending(current) || task_will_free_mem(current)) {
+	if (task_will_free_mem(current)) {
 		mark_oom_victim(current);
-		try_oom_reaper(current);
+		wake_oom_reaper(current);
 		goto unlock;
 	}
 
diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c
index 38f89ac2df7f..8ee92fb76968 100644
--- a/mm/oom_kill.c
+++ b/mm/oom_kill.c
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ static int oom_reaper(void *unused)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void wake_oom_reaper(struct task_struct *tsk)
+void wake_oom_reaper(struct task_struct *tsk)
 {
 	if (!oom_reaper_th)
 		return;
@@ -614,46 +614,6 @@ static void wake_oom_reaper(struct task_struct *tsk)
 	wake_up(&oom_reaper_wait);
 }
 
-/* Check if we can reap the given task. This has to be called with stable
- * tsk->mm
- */
-void try_oom_reaper(struct task_struct *tsk)
-{
-	struct mm_struct *mm = tsk->mm;
-	struct task_struct *p;
-
-	if (!mm)
-		return;
-
-	/*
-	 * There might be other threads/processes which are either not
-	 * dying or even not killable.
-	 */
-	if (atomic_read(&mm->mm_users) > 1) {
-		rcu_read_lock();
-		for_each_process(p) {
-			if (!process_shares_mm(p, mm))
-				continue;
-			if (fatal_signal_pending(p))
-				continue;
-
-			/*
-			 * If the task is exiting make sure the whole thread group
-			 * is exiting and cannot acces mm anymore.
-			 */
-			if (signal_group_exit(p->signal))
-				continue;
-
-			/* Give up */
-			rcu_read_unlock();
-			return;
-		}
-		rcu_read_unlock();
-	}
-
-	wake_oom_reaper(tsk);
-}
-
 static int __init oom_init(void)
 {
 	oom_reaper_th = kthread_run(oom_reaper, NULL, "oom_reaper");
@@ -665,10 +625,6 @@ static int __init oom_init(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 subsys_initcall(oom_init)
-#else
-static void wake_oom_reaper(struct task_struct *tsk)
-{
-}
 #endif
 
 /**
@@ -745,6 +701,81 @@ void oom_killer_enable(void)
 	oom_killer_disabled = false;
 }
 
+static inline bool __task_will_free_mem(struct task_struct *task)
+{
+	struct signal_struct *sig = task->signal;
+
+	/*
+	 * A coredumping process may sleep for an extended period in exit_mm(),
+	 * so the oom killer cannot assume that the process will promptly exit
+	 * and release memory.
+	 */
+	if (sig->flags & SIGNAL_GROUP_COREDUMP)
+		return false;
+
+	if (sig->flags & SIGNAL_GROUP_EXIT)
+		return true;
+
+	if (thread_group_empty(task) && (task->flags & PF_EXITING))
+		return true;
+
+	return false;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Checks whether the given task is dying or exiting and likely to
+ * release its address space. This means that all threads and processes
+ * sharing the same mm have to be killed or exiting.
+ */
+bool task_will_free_mem(struct task_struct *task)
+{
+	struct mm_struct *mm;
+	struct task_struct *p;
+	bool ret;
+
+	if (!__task_will_free_mem(task))
+		return false;
+
+	/*
+	 * If the process has passed exit_mm we have to skip it because
+	 * we have lost a link to other tasks sharing this mm, we do not
+	 * have anything to reap and the task might then get stuck waiting
+	 * for parent as zombie and we do not want it to hold TIF_MEMDIE
+	 */
+	p = find_lock_task_mm(task);
+	if (!p)
+		return false;
+
+	mm = p->mm;
+	if (atomic_read(&mm->mm_users) <= 1) {
+		task_unlock(p);
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	/* pin the mm to not get freed and reused */
+	atomic_inc(&mm->mm_count);
+	task_unlock(p);
+
+	/*
+	 * This is really pessimistic but we do not have any reliable way
+	 * to check that external processes share with our mm
+	 */
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	for_each_process(p) {
+		if (!process_shares_mm(p, mm))
+			continue;
+		if (same_thread_group(task, p))
+			continue;
+		ret = __task_will_free_mem(p);
+		if (!ret)
+			break;
+	}
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+	mmdrop(mm);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 /*
  * Must be called while holding a reference to p, which will be released upon
  * returning.
@@ -766,15 +797,12 @@ void oom_kill_process(struct oom_control *oc, struct task_struct *p,
 	 * If the task is already exiting, don't alarm the sysadmin or kill
 	 * its children or threads, just set TIF_MEMDIE so it can die quickly
 	 */
-	task_lock(p);
-	if (p->mm && task_will_free_mem(p)) {
+	if (task_will_free_mem(p)) {
 		mark_oom_victim(p);
-		try_oom_reaper(p);
-		task_unlock(p);
+		wake_oom_reaper(p);
 		put_task_struct(p);
 		return;
 	}
-	task_unlock(p);
 
 	if (__ratelimit(&oom_rs))
 		dump_header(oc, p);
@@ -944,10 +972,9 @@ bool out_of_memory(struct oom_control *oc)
 	 * But don't select if current has already released its mm and cleared
 	 * TIF_MEMDIE flag at exit_mm(), otherwise an OOM livelock may occur.
 	 */
-	if (current->mm &&
-	    (fatal_signal_pending(current) || task_will_free_mem(current))) {
+	if (current->mm && task_will_free_mem(current)) {
 		mark_oom_victim(current);
-		try_oom_reaper(current);
+		wake_oom_reaper(current);
 		return true;
 	}