diff --git a/arch/xtensa/mm/fault.c b/arch/xtensa/mm/fault.c
index bc0733359a88..e367e3026436 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/xtensa/mm/fault.c
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ good_area:
 	 * make sure we exit gracefully rather than endlessly redo
 	 * the fault.
 	 */
-survive:
 	fault = handle_mm_fault(mm, vma, address, is_write ? FAULT_FLAG_WRITE : 0);
 	if (unlikely(fault & VM_FAULT_ERROR)) {
 		if (fault & VM_FAULT_OOM)
@@ -146,15 +145,10 @@ bad_area:
 	 */
 out_of_memory:
 	up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
-	if (is_global_init(current)) {
-		yield();
-		down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
-		goto survive;
-	}
-	printk("VM: killing process %s\n", current->comm);
-	if (user_mode(regs))
-		do_group_exit(SIGKILL);
-	bad_page_fault(regs, address, SIGKILL);
+	if (!user_mode(regs))
+		bad_page_fault(regs, address, SIGKILL);
+	else
+		pagefault_out_of_memory();
 	return;
 
 do_sigbus: