diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c
index be67df3b6569..ddf74487f848 100644
--- a/mm/oom_kill.c
+++ b/mm/oom_kill.c
@@ -474,14 +474,8 @@ static bool __oom_reap_task(struct task_struct *tsk)
 	p = find_lock_task_mm(tsk);
 	if (!p)
 		goto unlock_oom;
-
 	mm = p->mm;
-	if (!atomic_inc_not_zero(&mm->mm_users)) {
-		task_unlock(p);
-		mm = NULL;
-		goto unlock_oom;
-	}
-
+	atomic_inc(&mm->mm_users);
 	task_unlock(p);
 
 	if (!down_read_trylock(&mm->mmap_sem)) {