diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c
index 8e2f0adc5da9..6fab04dd97f3 100644
--- a/mm/oom_kill.c
+++ b/mm/oom_kill.c
@@ -1200,7 +1200,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(process_mrelease, int, pidfd, unsigned int, flags)
 	struct task_struct *task;
 	struct task_struct *p;
 	unsigned int f_flags;
-	bool reap = true;
+	bool reap = false;
 	struct pid *pid;
 	long ret = 0;
 
@@ -1227,15 +1227,15 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(process_mrelease, int, pidfd, unsigned int, flags)
 		goto put_task;
 	}
 
-	mm = p->mm;
-	mmgrab(mm);
-
-	/* If the work has been done already, just exit with success */
-	if (test_bit(MMF_OOM_SKIP, &mm->flags))
-		reap = false;
-	else if (!task_will_free_mem(p)) {
-		reap = false;
-		ret = -EINVAL;
+	if (mmget_not_zero(p->mm)) {
+		mm = p->mm;
+		if (task_will_free_mem(p))
+			reap = true;
+		else {
+			/* Error only if the work has not been done already */
+			if (!test_bit(MMF_OOM_SKIP, &mm->flags))
+				ret = -EINVAL;
+		}
 	}
 	task_unlock(p);
 
@@ -1251,7 +1251,8 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(process_mrelease, int, pidfd, unsigned int, flags)
 	mmap_read_unlock(mm);
 
 drop_mm:
-	mmdrop(mm);
+	if (mm)
+		mmput(mm);
 put_task:
 	put_task_struct(task);
 put_pid: