diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 2a853686775eeaa04f25d451c58fe926d45dae8e..dfd98ff2a3f0045f80638b847374ae9f72104731 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -2436,6 +2436,12 @@ static int try_charge(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, gfp_t gfp_mask,
 	case OOM_SUCCESS:
 		nr_retries = MEM_CGROUP_RECLAIM_RETRIES;
 		oomed = true;
+		/*
+		 * With !PREEMPT kernel if the memcg doesn't have reclaimable
+		 * memory, the reclaim retry and oom logic may block scheduling
+		 * indefinitely.
+		 */
+		cond_resched();
 		goto retry;
 	case OOM_FAILED:
 		goto force;