diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c
index 20600779f5db..330416c67ce5 100644
--- a/mm/oom_kill.c
+++ b/mm/oom_kill.c
@@ -829,68 +829,12 @@ static bool task_will_free_mem(struct task_struct *task)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static void oom_kill_process(struct oom_control *oc, const char *message)
+static void __oom_kill_process(struct task_struct *victim)
 {
-	struct task_struct *p = oc->chosen;
-	unsigned int points = oc->chosen_points;
-	struct task_struct *victim = p;
-	struct task_struct *child;
-	struct task_struct *t;
+	struct task_struct *p;
 	struct mm_struct *mm;
-	unsigned int victim_points = 0;
-	static DEFINE_RATELIMIT_STATE(oom_rs, DEFAULT_RATELIMIT_INTERVAL,
-					      DEFAULT_RATELIMIT_BURST);
 	bool can_oom_reap = true;
 
-	/*
-	 * If the task is already exiting, don't alarm the sysadmin or kill
-	 * its children or threads, just give it access to memory reserves
-	 * so it can die quickly
-	 */
-	task_lock(p);
-	if (task_will_free_mem(p)) {
-		mark_oom_victim(p);
-		wake_oom_reaper(p);
-		task_unlock(p);
-		put_task_struct(p);
-		return;
-	}
-	task_unlock(p);
-
-	if (__ratelimit(&oom_rs))
-		dump_header(oc, p);
-
-	pr_err("%s: Kill process %d (%s) score %u or sacrifice child\n",
-		message, task_pid_nr(p), p->comm, points);
-
-	/*
-	 * If any of p's children has a different mm and is eligible for kill,
-	 * the one with the highest oom_badness() score is sacrificed for its
-	 * parent.  This attempts to lose the minimal amount of work done while
-	 * still freeing memory.
-	 */
-	read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
-	for_each_thread(p, t) {
-		list_for_each_entry(child, &t->children, sibling) {
-			unsigned int child_points;
-
-			if (process_shares_mm(child, p->mm))
-				continue;
-			/*
-			 * oom_badness() returns 0 if the thread is unkillable
-			 */
-			child_points = oom_badness(child,
-				oc->memcg, oc->nodemask, oc->totalpages);
-			if (child_points > victim_points) {
-				put_task_struct(victim);
-				victim = child;
-				victim_points = child_points;
-				get_task_struct(victim);
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
-
 	p = find_lock_task_mm(victim);
 	if (!p) {
 		put_task_struct(victim);
@@ -964,6 +908,69 @@ static void oom_kill_process(struct oom_control *oc, const char *message)
 }
 #undef K
 
+static void oom_kill_process(struct oom_control *oc, const char *message)
+{
+	struct task_struct *p = oc->chosen;
+	unsigned int points = oc->chosen_points;
+	struct task_struct *victim = p;
+	struct task_struct *child;
+	struct task_struct *t;
+	unsigned int victim_points = 0;
+	static DEFINE_RATELIMIT_STATE(oom_rs, DEFAULT_RATELIMIT_INTERVAL,
+					      DEFAULT_RATELIMIT_BURST);
+
+	/*
+	 * If the task is already exiting, don't alarm the sysadmin or kill
+	 * its children or threads, just give it access to memory reserves
+	 * so it can die quickly
+	 */
+	task_lock(p);
+	if (task_will_free_mem(p)) {
+		mark_oom_victim(p);
+		wake_oom_reaper(p);
+		task_unlock(p);
+		put_task_struct(p);
+		return;
+	}
+	task_unlock(p);
+
+	if (__ratelimit(&oom_rs))
+		dump_header(oc, p);
+
+	pr_err("%s: Kill process %d (%s) score %u or sacrifice child\n",
+		message, task_pid_nr(p), p->comm, points);
+
+	/*
+	 * If any of p's children has a different mm and is eligible for kill,
+	 * the one with the highest oom_badness() score is sacrificed for its
+	 * parent.  This attempts to lose the minimal amount of work done while
+	 * still freeing memory.
+	 */
+	read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
+	for_each_thread(p, t) {
+		list_for_each_entry(child, &t->children, sibling) {
+			unsigned int child_points;
+
+			if (process_shares_mm(child, p->mm))
+				continue;
+			/*
+			 * oom_badness() returns 0 if the thread is unkillable
+			 */
+			child_points = oom_badness(child,
+				oc->memcg, oc->nodemask, oc->totalpages);
+			if (child_points > victim_points) {
+				put_task_struct(victim);
+				victim = child;
+				victim_points = child_points;
+				get_task_struct(victim);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
+
+	__oom_kill_process(victim);
+}
+
 /*
  * Determines whether the kernel must panic because of the panic_on_oom sysctl.
  */