diff --git a/arch/s390/mm/fault.c b/arch/s390/mm/fault.c
index 242b78c0a9ec..40f1888bc4ab 100644
--- a/arch/s390/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/s390/mm/fault.c
@@ -486,6 +486,8 @@ retry:
 	/* No reason to continue if interrupted by SIGKILL. */
 	if ((fault & VM_FAULT_RETRY) && fatal_signal_pending(current)) {
 		fault = VM_FAULT_SIGNAL;
+		if (flags & FAULT_FLAG_RETRY_NOWAIT)
+			goto out_up;
 		goto out;
 	}
 	if (unlikely(fault & VM_FAULT_ERROR))