diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 350e646032f52ddaefa5c5ee44efa2376261f382..2302d228fe04f3926f8c52bf65965623f1caff05 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -1151,7 +1151,7 @@ int get_user_pages(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm,
 			 * be processed until returning to user space.
 			 */
 			if (unlikely(test_tsk_thread_flag(tsk, TIF_MEMDIE)))
-				return -ENOMEM;
+				return i ? i : -ENOMEM;
 
 			if (write)
 				foll_flags |= FOLL_WRITE;