diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 6bedfc880..ca663e13f 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -526,6 +526,9 @@ void drop_slab_node(int nid)
 	do {
 		struct mem_cgroup *memcg = NULL;
 
+		if (fatal_signal_pending(current))
+			return;
+
 		freed = 0;
 		do {
 			freed += shrink_slab(GFP_KERNEL, nid, memcg,