diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c
index ac300c99baf6..e8ab3dfbc74b 100644
--- a/mm/oom_kill.c
+++ b/mm/oom_kill.c
@@ -745,11 +745,11 @@ out:
 	read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Give "p" a good chance of killing itself before we
-	 * retry to allocate memory unless "p" is current
+	 * Give the killed threads a good chance of exiting before trying to
+	 * allocate memory again.
 	 */
-	if (killed && !test_thread_flag(TIF_MEMDIE))
-		schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(1);
+	if (killed)
+		schedule_timeout_killable(1);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -764,6 +764,5 @@ void pagefault_out_of_memory(void)
 		out_of_memory(NULL, 0, 0, NULL, false);
 		clear_system_oom();
 	}
-	if (!test_thread_flag(TIF_MEMDIE))
-		schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(1);
+	schedule_timeout_killable(1);
 }