diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c
index 7c0dc414dba8..0a6e466155d2 100644
--- a/mm/oom_kill.c
+++ b/mm/oom_kill.c
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ static struct task_struct *select_bad_process(unsigned long *ppoints,
 		 * the process of exiting and releasing its resources.
 		 * Otherwise we could get an easy OOM deadlock.
 		 */
-		if (p->flags & PF_EXITING) {
+		if ((p->flags & PF_EXITING) && p->mm) {
 			if (p != current)
 				return ERR_PTR(-1UL);