diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 9537e1389ee6a3551064bcfe58938cddc5a2d908..c8336e8f8df064c9a1ecdbb8055a785b3481d4f2 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -1841,13 +1841,18 @@ static void mem_cgroup_out_of_memory(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, gfp_t gfp_mask,
 				break;
 			};
 			points = oom_badness(task, memcg, NULL, totalpages);
-			if (points > chosen_points) {
-				if (chosen)
-					put_task_struct(chosen);
-				chosen = task;
-				chosen_points = points;
-				get_task_struct(chosen);
-			}
+			if (!points || points < chosen_points)
+				continue;
+			/* Prefer thread group leaders for display purposes */
+			if (points == chosen_points &&
+			    thread_group_leader(chosen))
+				continue;
+
+			if (chosen)
+				put_task_struct(chosen);
+			chosen = task;
+			chosen_points = points;
+			get_task_struct(chosen);
 		}
 		css_task_iter_end(&it);
 	}
diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c
index 054ff47c4478ddb6d6ef77cb66f6fd8330bdbea4..37b1b1903fb2c6aa84d9e25faf7e53381121e647 100644
--- a/mm/oom_kill.c
+++ b/mm/oom_kill.c
@@ -327,10 +327,14 @@ static struct task_struct *select_bad_process(unsigned int *ppoints,
 			break;
 		};
 		points = oom_badness(p, NULL, nodemask, totalpages);
-		if (points > chosen_points) {
-			chosen = p;
-			chosen_points = points;
-		}
+		if (!points || points < chosen_points)
+			continue;
+		/* Prefer thread group leaders for display purposes */
+		if (points == chosen_points && thread_group_leader(chosen))
+			continue;
+
+		chosen = p;
+		chosen_points = points;
 	}
 	if (chosen)
 		get_task_struct(chosen);