diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c
index 36d5dd8..bfddc93 100644
--- a/mm/oom_kill.c
+++ b/mm/oom_kill.c
@@ -556,8 +556,27 @@
 		schedule_timeout_idle(HZ/10);
 
 	if (attempts > MAX_OOM_REAP_RETRIES) {
+		struct task_struct *p;
+
 		pr_info("oom_reaper: unable to reap pid:%d (%s)\n",
 				task_pid_nr(tsk), tsk->comm);
+
+		/*
+		 * If we've already tried to reap this task in the past and
+		 * failed it probably doesn't make much sense to try yet again
+		 * so hide the mm from the oom killer so that it can move on
+		 * to another task with a different mm struct.
+		 */
+		p = find_lock_task_mm(tsk);
+		if (p) {
+			if (test_and_set_bit(MMF_OOM_NOT_REAPABLE, &p->mm->flags)) {
+				pr_info("oom_reaper: giving up pid:%d (%s)\n",
+						task_pid_nr(tsk), tsk->comm);
+				set_bit(MMF_OOM_REAPED, &p->mm->flags);
+			}
+			task_unlock(p);
+		}
+
 		debug_show_all_locks();
 	}