diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index 7905fe7..c466f4c 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -1614,6 +1614,7 @@
 	struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
 	pgoff_t offset = vmf->pgoff;
 	struct page *page;
+	bool memcg_oom;
 	pgoff_t size;
 	int ret = 0;
 
@@ -1622,7 +1623,11 @@
 		return VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
 
 	/*
-	 * Do we have something in the page cache already?
+	 * Do we have something in the page cache already?  Either
+	 * way, try readahead, but disable the memcg OOM killer for it
+	 * as readahead is optional and no errors are propagated up
+	 * the fault stack.  The OOM killer is enabled while trying to
+	 * instantiate the faulting page individually below.
 	 */
 	page = find_get_page(mapping, offset);
 	if (likely(page) && !(vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_TRIED)) {
@@ -1630,10 +1635,14 @@
 		 * We found the page, so try async readahead before
 		 * waiting for the lock.
 		 */
+		memcg_oom = mem_cgroup_toggle_oom(false);
 		do_async_mmap_readahead(vma, ra, file, page, offset);
+		mem_cgroup_toggle_oom(memcg_oom);
 	} else if (!page) {
 		/* No page in the page cache at all */
+		memcg_oom = mem_cgroup_toggle_oom(false);
 		do_sync_mmap_readahead(vma, ra, file, offset);
+		mem_cgroup_toggle_oom(memcg_oom);
 		count_vm_event(PGMAJFAULT);
 		mem_cgroup_count_vm_event(vma->vm_mm, PGMAJFAULT);
 		ret = VM_FAULT_MAJOR;
diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index f45e21a..c0607d2 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -2613,7 +2613,7 @@
 		return CHARGE_RETRY;
 
 	/* If we don't need to call oom-killer at el, return immediately */
-	if (!oom_check)
+	if (!oom_check || !current->memcg_oom.may_oom)
 		return CHARGE_NOMEM;
 	/* check OOM */
 	if (!mem_cgroup_handle_oom(mem_over_limit, gfp_mask, get_order(csize)))
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index ebe0f28..59f450c 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -3754,22 +3754,14 @@
 /*
  * By the time we get here, we already hold the mm semaphore
  */
-int handle_mm_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
-		unsigned long address, unsigned int flags)
+static int __handle_mm_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+			     unsigned long address, unsigned int flags)
 {
 	pgd_t *pgd;
 	pud_t *pud;
 	pmd_t *pmd;
 	pte_t *pte;
 
-	__set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
-
-	count_vm_event(PGFAULT);
-	mem_cgroup_count_vm_event(mm, PGFAULT);
-
-	/* do counter updates before entering really critical section. */
-	check_sync_rss_stat(current);
-
 	if (unlikely(is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma)))
 		return hugetlb_fault(mm, vma, address, flags);
 
@@ -3850,6 +3842,34 @@
 	return handle_pte_fault(mm, vma, address, pte, pmd, flags);
 }
 
+int handle_mm_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+		    unsigned long address, unsigned int flags)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	__set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
+
+	count_vm_event(PGFAULT);
+	mem_cgroup_count_vm_event(mm, PGFAULT);
+
+	/* do counter updates before entering really critical section. */
+	check_sync_rss_stat(current);
+
+	/*
+	 * Enable the memcg OOM handling for faults triggered in user
+	 * space.  Kernel faults are handled more gracefully.
+	 */
+	if (flags & FAULT_FLAG_USER)
+		mem_cgroup_enable_oom();
+
+	ret = __handle_mm_fault(mm, vma, address, flags);
+
+	if (flags & FAULT_FLAG_USER)
+		mem_cgroup_disable_oom();
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 #ifndef __PAGETABLE_PUD_FOLDED
 /*
  * Allocate page upper directory.