diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c
index f694ef0d9f9a..d503e9ce1c7b 100644
--- a/mm/oom_kill.c
+++ b/mm/oom_kill.c
@@ -281,14 +281,9 @@ enum oom_scan_t oom_scan_process_thread(struct task_struct *task,
 	if (oom_task_origin(task))
 		return OOM_SCAN_SELECT;
 
-	if (task_will_free_mem(task) && !force_kill) {
-		/*
-		 * If this task is not being ptraced on exit, then wait for it
-		 * to finish before killing some other task unnecessarily.
-		 */
-		if (!(task->group_leader->ptrace & PT_TRACE_EXIT))
-			return OOM_SCAN_ABORT;
-	}
+	if (task_will_free_mem(task) && !force_kill)
+		return OOM_SCAN_ABORT;
+
 	return OOM_SCAN_OK;
 }