diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
index 2d77c1c8014aaa21cceda29cbd62876d5f92bcc1..5809a3c861613dfae486550a9845f82c608f2a21 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
@@ -458,6 +458,26 @@ int do_page_fault(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long address,
 	 * the fault.
 	 */
 	fault = handle_mm_fault(vma, address, flags);
+
+	/*
+	 * Handle the retry right now, the mmap_sem has been released in that
+	 * case.
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(fault & VM_FAULT_RETRY)) {
+		/* We retry only once */
+		if (flags & FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY) {
+			/*
+			 * Clear FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY to avoid any risk
+			 * of starvation.
+			 */
+			flags &= ~FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY;
+			flags |= FAULT_FLAG_TRIED;
+			if (!fatal_signal_pending(current))
+				goto retry;
+		}
+		/* We will enter mm_fault_error() below */
+	}
+
 	if (unlikely(fault & (VM_FAULT_RETRY|VM_FAULT_ERROR))) {
 		if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV)
 			goto bad_area;
@@ -469,38 +489,27 @@ int do_page_fault(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long address,
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * Major/minor page fault accounting is only done on the
-	 * initial attempt. If we go through a retry, it is extremely
-	 * likely that the page will be found in page cache at that point.
+	 * Major/minor page fault accounting.
 	 */
-	if (flags & FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY) {
-		if (fault & VM_FAULT_MAJOR) {
-			current->maj_flt++;
-			perf_sw_event(PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS_MAJ, 1,
-				      regs, address);
+	if (fault & VM_FAULT_MAJOR) {
+		current->maj_flt++;
+		perf_sw_event(PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS_MAJ, 1,
+			      regs, address);
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_SMLPAR
-			if (firmware_has_feature(FW_FEATURE_CMO)) {
-				u32 page_ins;
-
-				preempt_disable();
-				page_ins = be32_to_cpu(get_lppaca()->page_ins);
-				page_ins += 1 << PAGE_FACTOR;
-				get_lppaca()->page_ins = cpu_to_be32(page_ins);
-				preempt_enable();
-			}
-#endif /* CONFIG_PPC_SMLPAR */
-		} else {
-			current->min_flt++;
-			perf_sw_event(PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS_MIN, 1,
-				      regs, address);
-		}
-		if (fault & VM_FAULT_RETRY) {
-			/* Clear FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY to avoid any risk
-			 * of starvation. */
-			flags &= ~FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY;
-			flags |= FAULT_FLAG_TRIED;
-			goto retry;
+		if (firmware_has_feature(FW_FEATURE_CMO)) {
+			u32 page_ins;
+
+			preempt_disable();
+			page_ins = be32_to_cpu(get_lppaca()->page_ins);
+			page_ins += 1 << PAGE_FACTOR;
+			get_lppaca()->page_ins = cpu_to_be32(page_ins);
+			preempt_enable();
 		}
+#endif /* CONFIG_PPC_SMLPAR */
+	} else {
+		current->min_flt++;
+		perf_sw_event(PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS_MIN, 1,
+			      regs, address);
 	}
 
 	up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);