diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c
index 867bd26274b4a16ea4d66638a962e9664250405c..011181ed41e3b44fa5f59e9a736b3ce43f53c9ee 100644
--- a/mm/oom_kill.c
+++ b/mm/oom_kill.c
@@ -350,9 +350,6 @@ static struct task_struct *select_bad_process(unsigned long *ppoints,
 			*ppoints = ULONG_MAX;
 		}
 
-		if (p->signal->oom_adj == OOM_DISABLE)
-			continue;
-
 		points = badness(p, mem, nodemask, uptime.tv_sec);
 		if (points > *ppoints || !chosen) {
 			chosen = p;