diff --git a/kernel/kexec_core.c b/kernel/kexec_core.c
index 63a5d70e943246f63ab99324ca510e48ef382f68..930f8f8d42c2b58a655c41b5f5e21c5d147e1a9e 100644
--- a/kernel/kexec_core.c
+++ b/kernel/kexec_core.c
@@ -357,6 +357,8 @@ static struct page *kimage_alloc_pages(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order)
 {
 	struct page *pages;
 
+	if (fatal_signal_pending(current))
+		return NULL;
 	pages = alloc_pages(gfp_mask & ~__GFP_ZERO, order);
 	if (pages) {
 		unsigned int count, i;