diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/fault.c b/arch/arm/mm/fault.c
index c97f7940cb95..217bcbfde42e 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/fault.c
@@ -349,6 +349,13 @@ retry:
 	if (likely(!(fault & (VM_FAULT_ERROR | VM_FAULT_BADMAP | VM_FAULT_BADACCESS))))
 		return 0;
 
+	/*
+	 * If we are in kernel mode at this point, we
+	 * have no context to handle this fault with.
+	 */
+	if (!user_mode(regs))
+		goto no_context;
+
 	if (fault & VM_FAULT_OOM) {
 		/*
 		 * We ran out of memory, call the OOM killer, and return to
@@ -359,13 +366,6 @@ retry:
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * If we are in kernel mode at this point, we
-	 * have no context to handle this fault with.
-	 */
-	if (!user_mode(regs))
-		goto no_context;
-
 	if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGBUS) {
 		/*
 		 * We had some memory, but were unable to
diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c b/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c
index 6c8ba25bf6bb..0bb7db41f4fe 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c
@@ -288,6 +288,13 @@ retry:
 			      VM_FAULT_BADACCESS))))
 		return 0;
 
+	/*
+	 * If we are in kernel mode at this point, we have no context to
+	 * handle this fault with.
+	 */
+	if (!user_mode(regs))
+		goto no_context;
+
 	if (fault & VM_FAULT_OOM) {
 		/*
 		 * We ran out of memory, call the OOM killer, and return to
@@ -298,13 +305,6 @@ retry:
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * If we are in kernel mode at this point, we have no context to
-	 * handle this fault with.
-	 */
-	if (!user_mode(regs))
-		goto no_context;
-
 	if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGBUS) {
 		/*
 		 * We had some memory, but were unable to successfully fix up
diff --git a/arch/avr32/mm/fault.c b/arch/avr32/mm/fault.c
index b2f2d2d66849..2ca27b055825 100644
--- a/arch/avr32/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/avr32/mm/fault.c
@@ -228,9 +228,9 @@ no_context:
 	 */
 out_of_memory:
 	up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
-	pagefault_out_of_memory();
 	if (!user_mode(regs))
 		goto no_context;
+	pagefault_out_of_memory();
 	return;
 
 do_sigbus:
diff --git a/arch/mips/mm/fault.c b/arch/mips/mm/fault.c
index 85df1cd8d446..94d3a31ab144 100644
--- a/arch/mips/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/mips/mm/fault.c
@@ -241,6 +241,8 @@ out_of_memory:
 	 * (which will retry the fault, or kill us if we got oom-killed).
 	 */
 	up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
+	if (!user_mode(regs))
+		goto no_context;
 	pagefault_out_of_memory();
 	return;
 
diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/trap.c b/arch/um/kernel/trap.c
index 089f3987e273..b2f5adf838dd 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/trap.c
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/trap.c
@@ -124,6 +124,8 @@ out_of_memory:
 	 * (which will retry the fault, or kill us if we got oom-killed).
 	 */
 	up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
+	if (!is_user)
+		goto out_nosemaphore;
 	pagefault_out_of_memory();
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/arch/unicore32/mm/fault.c b/arch/unicore32/mm/fault.c
index f9b5c10bccee..8ed3c4509d84 100644
--- a/arch/unicore32/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/unicore32/mm/fault.c
@@ -278,6 +278,13 @@ retry:
 	       (VM_FAULT_ERROR | VM_FAULT_BADMAP | VM_FAULT_BADACCESS))))
 		return 0;
 
+	/*
+	 * If we are in kernel mode at this point, we
+	 * have no context to handle this fault with.
+	 */
+	if (!user_mode(regs))
+		goto no_context;
+
 	if (fault & VM_FAULT_OOM) {
 		/*
 		 * We ran out of memory, call the OOM killer, and return to
@@ -288,13 +295,6 @@ retry:
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * If we are in kernel mode at this point, we
-	 * have no context to handle this fault with.
-	 */
-	if (!user_mode(regs))
-		goto no_context;
-
 	if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGBUS) {
 		/*
 		 * We had some memory, but were unable to