diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c
index 2958fd8e7c9a..a26695fe8833 100644
--- a/mm/oom_kill.c
+++ b/mm/oom_kill.c
@@ -434,14 +434,14 @@ static void dump_header(struct task_struct *p, gfp_t gfp_mask, int order,
 }
 
 #define K(x) ((x) << (PAGE_SHIFT-10))
-static int oom_kill_task(struct task_struct *p)
+static void oom_kill_task(struct task_struct *p)
 {
 	struct task_struct *q;
 	struct mm_struct *mm;
 
 	p = find_lock_task_mm(p);
 	if (!p)
-		return 1;
+		return;
 
 	/* mm cannot be safely dereferenced after task_unlock(p) */
 	mm = p->mm;
@@ -477,15 +477,13 @@ static int oom_kill_task(struct task_struct *p)
 
 	set_tsk_thread_flag(p, TIF_MEMDIE);
 	force_sig(SIGKILL, p);
-
-	return 0;
 }
 #undef K
 
-static int oom_kill_process(struct task_struct *p, gfp_t gfp_mask, int order,
-			    unsigned int points, unsigned long totalpages,
-			    struct mem_cgroup *memcg, nodemask_t *nodemask,
-			    const char *message)
+static void oom_kill_process(struct task_struct *p, gfp_t gfp_mask, int order,
+			     unsigned int points, unsigned long totalpages,
+			     struct mem_cgroup *memcg, nodemask_t *nodemask,
+			     const char *message)
 {
 	struct task_struct *victim = p;
 	struct task_struct *child;
@@ -501,7 +499,7 @@ static int oom_kill_process(struct task_struct *p, gfp_t gfp_mask, int order,
 	 */
 	if (p->flags & PF_EXITING) {
 		set_tsk_thread_flag(p, TIF_MEMDIE);
-		return 0;
+		return;
 	}
 
 	task_lock(p);
@@ -533,7 +531,7 @@ static int oom_kill_process(struct task_struct *p, gfp_t gfp_mask, int order,
 		}
 	} while_each_thread(p, t);
 
-	return oom_kill_task(victim);
+	oom_kill_task(victim);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -580,15 +578,10 @@ void mem_cgroup_out_of_memory(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, gfp_t gfp_mask)
 	check_panic_on_oom(CONSTRAINT_MEMCG, gfp_mask, 0, NULL);
 	limit = mem_cgroup_get_limit(memcg) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 	read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
-retry:
 	p = select_bad_process(&points, limit, memcg, NULL);
-	if (!p || PTR_ERR(p) == -1UL)
-		goto out;
-
-	if (oom_kill_process(p, gfp_mask, 0, points, limit, memcg, NULL,
-				"Memory cgroup out of memory"))
-		goto retry;
-out:
+	if (p && PTR_ERR(p) != -1UL)
+		oom_kill_process(p, gfp_mask, 0, points, limit, memcg, NULL,
+				 "Memory cgroup out of memory");
 	read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
 }
 #endif
@@ -745,33 +738,24 @@ void out_of_memory(struct zonelist *zonelist, gfp_t gfp_mask,
 	if (sysctl_oom_kill_allocating_task &&
 	    !oom_unkillable_task(current, NULL, nodemask) &&
 	    current->mm) {
-		/*
-		 * oom_kill_process() needs tasklist_lock held.  If it returns
-		 * non-zero, current could not be killed so we must fallback to
-		 * the tasklist scan.
-		 */
-		if (!oom_kill_process(current, gfp_mask, order, 0, totalpages,
-				NULL, nodemask,
-				"Out of memory (oom_kill_allocating_task)"))
-			goto out;
+		oom_kill_process(current, gfp_mask, order, 0, totalpages, NULL,
+				 nodemask,
+				 "Out of memory (oom_kill_allocating_task)");
+		goto out;
 	}
 
-retry:
 	p = select_bad_process(&points, totalpages, NULL, mpol_mask);
-	if (PTR_ERR(p) == -1UL)
-		goto out;
-
 	/* Found nothing?!?! Either we hang forever, or we panic. */
 	if (!p) {
 		dump_header(NULL, gfp_mask, order, NULL, mpol_mask);
 		read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
 		panic("Out of memory and no killable processes...\n");
 	}
-
-	if (oom_kill_process(p, gfp_mask, order, points, totalpages, NULL,
-				nodemask, "Out of memory"))
-		goto retry;
-	killed = 1;
+	if (PTR_ERR(p) != -1UL) {
+		oom_kill_process(p, gfp_mask, order, points, totalpages, NULL,
+				 nodemask, "Out of memory");
+		killed = 1;
+	}
 out:
 	read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);