diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c
index 6e9f16a910e06741e6fdb8da92a4bfa0b1149f65..b9816ea2eb8f7dbd3d89cd0b435f81ee9efc7480 100644
--- a/mm/oom_kill.c
+++ b/mm/oom_kill.c
@@ -467,6 +467,8 @@ static int oom_kill_process(struct task_struct *p, gfp_t gfp_mask, int order,
 
 			if (child->mm == p->mm)
 				continue;
+			if (child->flags & PF_KTHREAD)
+				continue;
 			if (mem && !task_in_mem_cgroup(child, mem))
 				continue;
 			if (!has_intersects_mems_allowed(child, nodemask))