diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index a8abfe6458a585e9decd61b0ccfdb1415304f31b..2feb99a0b98fb4f167e919c294ebc23b97ebd5ae 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -5186,6 +5186,9 @@ static inline void prepare_before_alloc(gfp_t *gfp_mask)
 	if (!zone_movable)
 		goto clear_flag;
 
+	if (!in_task())
+		return;
+
 	if ((current->flags & PF_RELIABLE) || is_global_init(current))
 		*gfp_mask |= GFP_RELIABLE;