diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c
index 3791edfffeebe9595f54ce7d04fe424832aa6af5..a35e7a8ebd7ed8ddbc5545a598796766889f0174 100644
--- a/mm/oom_kill.c
+++ b/mm/oom_kill.c
@@ -147,9 +147,11 @@ unsigned long badness(struct task_struct *p, unsigned long uptime)
 	 * Adjust the score by oomkilladj.
 	 */
 	if (p->oomkilladj) {
-		if (p->oomkilladj > 0)
+		if (p->oomkilladj > 0) {
+			if (!points)
+				points = 1;
 			points <<= p->oomkilladj;
-		else
+		} else
 			points >>= -(p->oomkilladj);
 	}