diff --git a/drivers/tty/sysrq.c b/drivers/tty/sysrq.c
index 843f2cdc280b..b20d2c0ec451 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/sysrq.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/sysrq.c
@@ -356,9 +356,11 @@ static struct sysrq_key_op sysrq_term_op = {
 
 static void moom_callback(struct work_struct *ignored)
 {
+	mutex_lock(&oom_lock);
 	if (!out_of_memory(node_zonelist(first_memory_node, GFP_KERNEL),
 			   GFP_KERNEL, 0, NULL, true))
 		pr_info("OOM request ignored because killer is disabled\n");
+	mutex_unlock(&oom_lock);
 }
 
 static DECLARE_WORK(moom_work, moom_callback);
diff --git a/include/linux/oom.h b/include/linux/oom.h
index a8e6a498cbcb..7deecb7bca5e 100644
--- a/include/linux/oom.h
+++ b/include/linux/oom.h
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ enum oom_scan_t {
 /* Thread is the potential origin of an oom condition; kill first on oom */
 #define OOM_FLAG_ORIGIN		((__force oom_flags_t)0x1)
 
+extern struct mutex oom_lock;
+
 static inline void set_current_oom_origin(void)
 {
 	current->signal->oom_flags |= OOM_FLAG_ORIGIN;
@@ -60,9 +62,6 @@ extern void oom_kill_process(struct task_struct *p, gfp_t gfp_mask, int order,
 			     struct mem_cgroup *memcg, nodemask_t *nodemask,
 			     const char *message);
 
-extern bool oom_zonelist_trylock(struct zonelist *zonelist, gfp_t gfp_flags);
-extern void oom_zonelist_unlock(struct zonelist *zonelist, gfp_t gfp_flags);
-
 extern void check_panic_on_oom(enum oom_constraint constraint, gfp_t gfp_mask,
 			       int order, const nodemask_t *nodemask,
 			       struct mem_cgroup *memcg);
diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 20a7e874f719..8da44a083397 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -1530,6 +1530,8 @@ static void mem_cgroup_out_of_memory(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, gfp_t gfp_mask,
 	unsigned int points = 0;
 	struct task_struct *chosen = NULL;
 
+	mutex_lock(&oom_lock);
+
 	/*
 	 * If current has a pending SIGKILL or is exiting, then automatically
 	 * select it.  The goal is to allow it to allocate so that it may
@@ -1537,7 +1539,7 @@ static void mem_cgroup_out_of_memory(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, gfp_t gfp_mask,
 	 */
 	if (fatal_signal_pending(current) || task_will_free_mem(current)) {
 		mark_oom_victim(current);
-		return;
+		goto unlock;
 	}
 
 	check_panic_on_oom(CONSTRAINT_MEMCG, gfp_mask, order, NULL, memcg);
@@ -1564,7 +1566,7 @@ static void mem_cgroup_out_of_memory(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, gfp_t gfp_mask,
 				mem_cgroup_iter_break(memcg, iter);
 				if (chosen)
 					put_task_struct(chosen);
-				return;
+				goto unlock;
 			case OOM_SCAN_OK:
 				break;
 			};
@@ -1585,11 +1587,13 @@ static void mem_cgroup_out_of_memory(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, gfp_t gfp_mask,
 		css_task_iter_end(&it);
 	}
 
-	if (!chosen)
-		return;
-	points = chosen_points * 1000 / totalpages;
-	oom_kill_process(chosen, gfp_mask, order, points, totalpages, memcg,
-			 NULL, "Memory cgroup out of memory");
+	if (chosen) {
+		points = chosen_points * 1000 / totalpages;
+		oom_kill_process(chosen, gfp_mask, order, points, totalpages,
+				 memcg, NULL, "Memory cgroup out of memory");
+	}
+unlock:
+	mutex_unlock(&oom_lock);
 }
 
 #if MAX_NUMNODES > 1
diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c
index d3490b019d46..5cfda39b3268 100644
--- a/mm/oom_kill.c
+++ b/mm/oom_kill.c
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@
 int sysctl_panic_on_oom;
 int sysctl_oom_kill_allocating_task;
 int sysctl_oom_dump_tasks = 1;
-static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(zone_scan_lock);
+
+DEFINE_MUTEX(oom_lock);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
 /**
@@ -405,13 +406,12 @@ static atomic_t oom_victims = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
 static DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(oom_victims_wait);
 
 bool oom_killer_disabled __read_mostly;
-static DECLARE_RWSEM(oom_sem);
 
 /**
  * mark_oom_victim - mark the given task as OOM victim
  * @tsk: task to mark
  *
- * Has to be called with oom_sem taken for read and never after
+ * Has to be called with oom_lock held and never after
  * oom has been disabled already.
  */
 void mark_oom_victim(struct task_struct *tsk)
@@ -460,14 +460,14 @@ bool oom_killer_disable(void)
 	 * Make sure to not race with an ongoing OOM killer
 	 * and that the current is not the victim.
 	 */
-	down_write(&oom_sem);
+	mutex_lock(&oom_lock);
 	if (test_thread_flag(TIF_MEMDIE)) {
-		up_write(&oom_sem);
+		mutex_unlock(&oom_lock);
 		return false;
 	}
 
 	oom_killer_disabled = true;
-	up_write(&oom_sem);
+	mutex_unlock(&oom_lock);
 
 	wait_event(oom_victims_wait, !atomic_read(&oom_victims));
 
@@ -634,52 +634,6 @@ int unregister_oom_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(unregister_oom_notifier);
 
-/*
- * Try to acquire the OOM killer lock for the zones in zonelist.  Returns zero
- * if a parallel OOM killing is already taking place that includes a zone in
- * the zonelist.  Otherwise, locks all zones in the zonelist and returns 1.
- */
-bool oom_zonelist_trylock(struct zonelist *zonelist, gfp_t gfp_mask)
-{
-	struct zoneref *z;
-	struct zone *zone;
-	bool ret = true;
-
-	spin_lock(&zone_scan_lock);
-	for_each_zone_zonelist(zone, z, zonelist, gfp_zone(gfp_mask))
-		if (test_bit(ZONE_OOM_LOCKED, &zone->flags)) {
-			ret = false;
-			goto out;
-		}
-
-	/*
-	 * Lock each zone in the zonelist under zone_scan_lock so a parallel
-	 * call to oom_zonelist_trylock() doesn't succeed when it shouldn't.
-	 */
-	for_each_zone_zonelist(zone, z, zonelist, gfp_zone(gfp_mask))
-		set_bit(ZONE_OOM_LOCKED, &zone->flags);
-
-out:
-	spin_unlock(&zone_scan_lock);
-	return ret;
-}
-
-/*
- * Clears the ZONE_OOM_LOCKED flag for all zones in the zonelist so that failed
- * allocation attempts with zonelists containing them may now recall the OOM
- * killer, if necessary.
- */
-void oom_zonelist_unlock(struct zonelist *zonelist, gfp_t gfp_mask)
-{
-	struct zoneref *z;
-	struct zone *zone;
-
-	spin_lock(&zone_scan_lock);
-	for_each_zone_zonelist(zone, z, zonelist, gfp_zone(gfp_mask))
-		clear_bit(ZONE_OOM_LOCKED, &zone->flags);
-	spin_unlock(&zone_scan_lock);
-}
-
 /**
  * __out_of_memory - kill the "best" process when we run out of memory
  * @zonelist: zonelist pointer
@@ -693,8 +647,8 @@ void oom_zonelist_unlock(struct zonelist *zonelist, gfp_t gfp_mask)
  * OR try to be smart about which process to kill. Note that we
  * don't have to be perfect here, we just have to be good.
  */
-static void __out_of_memory(struct zonelist *zonelist, gfp_t gfp_mask,
-		int order, nodemask_t *nodemask, bool force_kill)
+bool out_of_memory(struct zonelist *zonelist, gfp_t gfp_mask,
+		   int order, nodemask_t *nodemask, bool force_kill)
 {
 	const nodemask_t *mpol_mask;
 	struct task_struct *p;
@@ -704,10 +658,13 @@ static void __out_of_memory(struct zonelist *zonelist, gfp_t gfp_mask,
 	enum oom_constraint constraint = CONSTRAINT_NONE;
 	int killed = 0;
 
+	if (oom_killer_disabled)
+		return false;
+
 	blocking_notifier_call_chain(&oom_notify_list, 0, &freed);
 	if (freed > 0)
 		/* Got some memory back in the last second. */
-		return;
+		goto out;
 
 	/*
 	 * If current has a pending SIGKILL or is exiting, then automatically
@@ -720,7 +677,7 @@ static void __out_of_memory(struct zonelist *zonelist, gfp_t gfp_mask,
 	if (current->mm &&
 	    (fatal_signal_pending(current) || task_will_free_mem(current))) {
 		mark_oom_victim(current);
-		return;
+		goto out;
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -760,32 +717,8 @@ out:
 	 */
 	if (killed)
 		schedule_timeout_killable(1);
-}
 
-/**
- * out_of_memory -  tries to invoke OOM killer.
- * @zonelist: zonelist pointer
- * @gfp_mask: memory allocation flags
- * @order: amount of memory being requested as a power of 2
- * @nodemask: nodemask passed to page allocator
- * @force_kill: true if a task must be killed, even if others are exiting
- *
- * invokes __out_of_memory if the OOM is not disabled by oom_killer_disable()
- * when it returns false. Otherwise returns true.
- */
-bool out_of_memory(struct zonelist *zonelist, gfp_t gfp_mask,
-		int order, nodemask_t *nodemask, bool force_kill)
-{
-	bool ret = false;
-
-	down_read(&oom_sem);
-	if (!oom_killer_disabled) {
-		__out_of_memory(zonelist, gfp_mask, order, nodemask, force_kill);
-		ret = true;
-	}
-	up_read(&oom_sem);
-
-	return ret;
+	return true;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -795,27 +728,21 @@ bool out_of_memory(struct zonelist *zonelist, gfp_t gfp_mask,
  */
 void pagefault_out_of_memory(void)
 {
-	struct zonelist *zonelist;
-
-	down_read(&oom_sem);
 	if (mem_cgroup_oom_synchronize(true))
-		goto unlock;
+		return;
 
-	zonelist = node_zonelist(first_memory_node, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (oom_zonelist_trylock(zonelist, GFP_KERNEL)) {
-		if (!oom_killer_disabled)
-			__out_of_memory(NULL, 0, 0, NULL, false);
-		else
-			/*
-			 * There shouldn't be any user tasks runable while the
-			 * OOM killer is disabled so the current task has to
-			 * be a racing OOM victim for which oom_killer_disable()
-			 * is waiting for.
-			 */
-			WARN_ON(test_thread_flag(TIF_MEMDIE));
+	if (!mutex_trylock(&oom_lock))
+		return;
 
-		oom_zonelist_unlock(zonelist, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!out_of_memory(NULL, 0, 0, NULL, false)) {
+		/*
+		 * There shouldn't be any user tasks runnable while the
+		 * OOM killer is disabled, so the current task has to
+		 * be a racing OOM victim for which oom_killer_disable()
+		 * is waiting for.
+		 */
+		WARN_ON(test_thread_flag(TIF_MEMDIE));
 	}
-unlock:
-	up_read(&oom_sem);
+
+	mutex_unlock(&oom_lock);
 }
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 3b02be4def90..cae21dc9d54e 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -2360,10 +2360,10 @@ __alloc_pages_may_oom(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order,
 	*did_some_progress = 0;
 
 	/*
-	 * Acquire the per-zone oom lock for each zone.  If that
-	 * fails, somebody else is making progress for us.
+	 * Acquire the oom lock.  If that fails, somebody else is
+	 * making progress for us.
 	 */
-	if (!oom_zonelist_trylock(ac->zonelist, gfp_mask)) {
+	if (!mutex_trylock(&oom_lock)) {
 		*did_some_progress = 1;
 		schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(1);
 		return NULL;
@@ -2408,7 +2408,7 @@ __alloc_pages_may_oom(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order,
 			|| WARN_ON_ONCE(gfp_mask & __GFP_NOFAIL))
 		*did_some_progress = 1;
 out:
-	oom_zonelist_unlock(ac->zonelist, gfp_mask);
+	mutex_unlock(&oom_lock);
 	return page;
 }