diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c
index 471dedb463ab..76f2c5ae908e 100644
--- a/mm/oom_kill.c
+++ b/mm/oom_kill.c
@@ -185,6 +185,11 @@ unsigned int oom_badness(struct task_struct *p, struct mem_cgroup *mem,
 	if (!p)
 		return 0;
 
+	if (p->signal->oom_score_adj == OOM_SCORE_ADJ_MIN) {
+		task_unlock(p);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * The memory controller may have a limit of 0 bytes, so avoid a divide
 	 * by zero, if necessary.