diff --git a/include/linux/oom.h b/include/linux/oom.h
index 4cd62677feb9..17f0949bd822 100644
--- a/include/linux/oom.h
+++ b/include/linux/oom.h
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ static inline bool oom_task_origin(const struct task_struct *p)
 extern unsigned long oom_badness(struct task_struct *p,
 		struct mem_cgroup *memcg, const nodemask_t *nodemask,
 		unsigned long totalpages);
+
+extern int oom_kills_count(void);
+extern void note_oom_kill(void);
 extern 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,
diff --git a/kernel/power/process.c b/kernel/power/process.c
index 14f9a8d4725d..f1fe7ec110bb 100644
--- a/kernel/power/process.c
+++ b/kernel/power/process.c
@@ -107,6 +107,28 @@ static int try_to_freeze_tasks(bool user_only)
 	return todo ? -EBUSY : 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Returns true if all freezable tasks (except for current) are frozen already
+ */
+static bool check_frozen_processes(void)
+{
+	struct task_struct *g, *p;
+	bool ret = true;
+
+	read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
+	for_each_process_thread(g, p) {
+		if (p != current && !freezer_should_skip(p) &&
+		    !frozen(p)) {
+			ret = false;
+			goto done;
+		}
+	}
+done:
+	read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 /**
  * freeze_processes - Signal user space processes to enter the refrigerator.
  * The current thread will not be frozen.  The same process that calls
@@ -117,6 +139,7 @@ static int try_to_freeze_tasks(bool user_only)
 int freeze_processes(void)
 {
 	int error;
+	int oom_kills_saved;
 
 	error = __usermodehelper_disable(UMH_FREEZING);
 	if (error)
@@ -130,12 +153,27 @@ int freeze_processes(void)
 
 	printk("Freezing user space processes ... ");
 	pm_freezing = true;
+	oom_kills_saved = oom_kills_count();
 	error = try_to_freeze_tasks(true);
 	if (!error) {
-		printk("done.");
 		__usermodehelper_set_disable_depth(UMH_DISABLED);
 		oom_killer_disable();
+
+		/*
+		 * There might have been an OOM kill while we were
+		 * freezing tasks and the killed task might be still
+		 * on the way out so we have to double check for race.
+		 */
+		if (oom_kills_count() != oom_kills_saved &&
+				!check_frozen_processes()) {
+			__usermodehelper_set_disable_depth(UMH_ENABLED);
+			printk("OOM in progress.");
+			error = -EBUSY;
+			goto done;
+		}
+		printk("done.");
 	}
+done:
 	printk("\n");
 	BUG_ON(in_atomic());
 
diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c
index 3291e82d4352..171c00f2e495 100644
--- a/mm/oom_kill.c
+++ b/mm/oom_kill.c
@@ -406,6 +406,23 @@ static void dump_header(struct task_struct *p, gfp_t gfp_mask, int order,
 		dump_tasks(memcg, nodemask);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Number of OOM killer invocations (including memcg OOM killer).
+ * Primarily used by PM freezer to check for potential races with
+ * OOM killed frozen task.
+ */
+static atomic_t oom_kills = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
+
+int oom_kills_count(void)
+{
+	return atomic_read(&oom_kills);
+}
+
+void note_oom_kill(void)
+{
+	atomic_inc(&oom_kills);
+}
+
 #define K(x) ((x) << (PAGE_SHIFT-10))
 /*
  * Must be called while holding a reference to p, which will be released upon
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index ff0f6b13f32f..586f58685e25 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -2195,6 +2195,14 @@ __alloc_pages_may_oom(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order,
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * PM-freezer should be notified that there might be an OOM killer on
+	 * its way to kill and wake somebody up. This is too early and we might
+	 * end up not killing anything but false positives are acceptable.
+	 * See freeze_processes.
+	 */
+	note_oom_kill();
+
 	/*
 	 * Go through the zonelist yet one more time, keep very high watermark
 	 * here, this is only to catch a parallel oom killing, we must fail if