diff --git a/include/linux/oom.h b/include/linux/oom.h
index 01c91d874a57..5bad038ac012 100644
--- a/include/linux/oom.h
+++ b/include/linux/oom.h
@@ -66,6 +66,15 @@ static inline bool tsk_is_oom_victim(struct task_struct * tsk)
 	return tsk->signal->oom_mm;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Use this helper if tsk->mm != mm and the victim mm needs a special
+ * handling. This is guaranteed to stay true after once set.
+ */
+static inline bool mm_is_oom_victim(struct mm_struct *mm)
+{
+	return test_bit(MMF_OOM_VICTIM, &mm->flags);
+}
+
 /*
  * Checks whether a page fault on the given mm is still reliable.
  * This is no longer true if the oom reaper started to reap the
diff --git a/include/linux/sched/coredump.h b/include/linux/sched/coredump.h
index 9c8847395b5e..ec912d01126f 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched/coredump.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched/coredump.h
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ static inline int get_dumpable(struct mm_struct *mm)
 #define MMF_UNSTABLE		22	/* mm is unstable for copy_from_user */
 #define MMF_HUGE_ZERO_PAGE	23      /* mm has ever used the global huge zero page */
 #define MMF_DISABLE_THP		24	/* disable THP for all VMAs */
+#define MMF_OOM_VICTIM		25	/* mm is the oom victim */
 #define MMF_DISABLE_THP_MASK	(1 << MMF_DISABLE_THP)
 
 #define MMF_INIT_MASK		(MMF_DUMPABLE_MASK | MMF_DUMP_FILTER_MASK |\
diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index a4d546821214..9efdc021ad22 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -3019,20 +3019,20 @@ void exit_mmap(struct mm_struct *mm)
 	/* Use -1 here to ensure all VMAs in the mm are unmapped */
 	unmap_vmas(&tlb, vma, 0, -1);
 
-	set_bit(MMF_OOM_SKIP, &mm->flags);
-	if (unlikely(tsk_is_oom_victim(current))) {
+	if (unlikely(mm_is_oom_victim(mm))) {
 		/*
 		 * Wait for oom_reap_task() to stop working on this
 		 * mm. Because MMF_OOM_SKIP is already set before
 		 * calling down_read(), oom_reap_task() will not run
 		 * on this "mm" post up_write().
 		 *
-		 * tsk_is_oom_victim() cannot be set from under us
-		 * either because current->mm is already set to NULL
+		 * mm_is_oom_victim() cannot be set from under us
+		 * either because victim->mm is already set to NULL
 		 * under task_lock before calling mmput and oom_mm is
-		 * set not NULL by the OOM killer only if current->mm
+		 * set not NULL by the OOM killer only if victim->mm
 		 * is found not NULL while holding the task_lock.
 		 */
+		set_bit(MMF_OOM_SKIP, &mm->flags);
 		down_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
 		up_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
 	}
diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c
index c957be32b27a..29f855551efe 100644
--- a/mm/oom_kill.c
+++ b/mm/oom_kill.c
@@ -683,8 +683,10 @@ static void mark_oom_victim(struct task_struct *tsk)
 		return;
 
 	/* oom_mm is bound to the signal struct life time. */
-	if (!cmpxchg(&tsk->signal->oom_mm, NULL, mm))
+	if (!cmpxchg(&tsk->signal->oom_mm, NULL, mm)) {
 		mmgrab(tsk->signal->oom_mm);
+		set_bit(MMF_OOM_VICTIM, &mm->flags);
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * Make sure that the task is woken up from uninterruptible sleep