diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index f4a551a5482c..ebd0afb35d16 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -527,6 +527,7 @@ static inline int get_dumpable(struct mm_struct *mm)
 #define MMF_OOM_SKIP		21	/* mm is of no interest for the OOM killer */
 #define MMF_UNSTABLE		22	/* mm is unstable for copy_from_user */
 #define MMF_HUGE_ZERO_PAGE	23      /* mm has ever used the global huge zero page */
+#define MMF_OOM_REAP_QUEUED	26	/* mm was queued for oom_reaper */
 
 #define MMF_INIT_MASK		(MMF_DUMPABLE_MASK | MMF_DUMP_FILTER_MASK)
 
diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c
index 1de3695cb419..d514eebad905 100644
--- a/mm/oom_kill.c
+++ b/mm/oom_kill.c
@@ -626,8 +626,8 @@ static void wake_oom_reaper(struct task_struct *tsk)
 	if (!oom_reaper_th)
 		return;
 
-	/* tsk is already queued? */
-	if (tsk == oom_reaper_list || tsk->oom_reaper_list)
+	/* mm is already queued? */
+	if (test_and_set_bit(MMF_OOM_REAP_QUEUED, &tsk->signal->oom_mm->flags))
 		return;
 
 	get_task_struct(tsk);