diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index caea788628e4dd62060e4838d385e9858f415f25..c313afcc8e5aeb52e7b142cfcd7e00d3b595a563 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -2308,6 +2308,10 @@ __alloc_pages_slowpath(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order,
 		if ((gfp_mask & __GFP_FS) && !(gfp_mask & __GFP_NORETRY)) {
 			if (oom_killer_disabled)
 				goto nopage;
+			/* Coredumps can quickly deplete all memory reserves */
+			if ((current->flags & PF_DUMPCORE) &&
+			    !(gfp_mask & __GFP_NOFAIL))
+				goto nopage;
 			page = __alloc_pages_may_oom(gfp_mask, order,
 					zonelist, high_zoneidx,
 					nodemask, preferred_zone,