diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index bedea8b4024a804bc5fc6f96b90ae1ede1bebb93..71bf44b27d9589f1ff46fd2a5f6633ae98352fa0 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -739,6 +739,9 @@ void drop_slab_node(int nid)
 	do {
 		struct mem_cgroup *memcg = NULL;
 
+		if (fatal_signal_pending(current))
+			return;
+
 		freed = 0;
 		memcg = mem_cgroup_iter(NULL, NULL, NULL);
 		do {