diff --git a/include/linux/memcontrol.h b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
index 1b4150ff64be..98bd8fb2f5c7 100644
--- a/include/linux/memcontrol.h
+++ b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include <linux/vmstat.h>
 #include <linux/writeback.h>
 #include <linux/page-flags.h>
+#include <linux/oom.h>
 
 struct mem_cgroup;
 struct page;
diff --git a/include/linux/oom.h b/include/linux/oom.h
index c696c265f019..3dca5ce189e6 100644
--- a/include/linux/oom.h
+++ b/include/linux/oom.h
@@ -22,6 +22,13 @@ enum oom_constraint {
 	CONSTRAINT_MEMCG,
 };
 
+enum oom_status {
+	OOM_SUCCESS,
+	OOM_FAILED,
+	OOM_ASYNC,
+	OOM_SKIPPED
+};
+
 /*
  * Details of the page allocation that triggered the oom killer that are used to
  * determine what should be killed.
@@ -110,7 +117,7 @@ bool __oom_reap_task_mm(struct mm_struct *mm);
 extern unsigned long oom_badness(struct task_struct *p,
 		unsigned long totalpages);
 
-extern bool out_of_memory(struct oom_control *oc);
+enum oom_status out_of_memory(struct oom_control *oc);
 
 extern void exit_oom_victim(void);
 
diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 5beea03dd58a..22418b55804f 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -1570,8 +1570,9 @@ unsigned long mem_cgroup_size(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
 	return page_counter_read(&memcg->memory);
 }
 
-static bool mem_cgroup_out_of_memory(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, gfp_t gfp_mask,
-				     int order)
+static enum oom_status mem_cgroup_out_of_memory(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
+						gfp_t gfp_mask,
+						int order)
 {
 	struct oom_control oc = {
 		.zonelist = NULL,
@@ -1580,16 +1581,20 @@ static bool mem_cgroup_out_of_memory(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, gfp_t gfp_mask,
 		.gfp_mask = gfp_mask,
 		.order = order,
 	};
-	bool ret;
+	enum oom_status ret;
 
 	if (mutex_lock_killable(&oom_lock))
-		return true;
+		return OOM_SUCCESS;
 	/*
 	 * A few threads which were not waiting at mutex_lock_killable() can
 	 * fail to bail out. Therefore, check again after holding oom_lock.
 	 */
-	ret = should_force_charge() || out_of_memory(&oc);
+	if (should_force_charge())
+		return OOM_SUCCESS;
+
+	ret = out_of_memory(&oc);
 	mutex_unlock(&oom_lock);
+
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -1767,13 +1772,6 @@ static void memcg_oom_recover(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
 		__wake_up(&memcg_oom_waitq, TASK_NORMAL, 0, memcg);
 }
 
-enum oom_status {
-	OOM_SUCCESS,
-	OOM_FAILED,
-	OOM_ASYNC,
-	OOM_SKIPPED
-};
-
 static enum oom_status mem_cgroup_oom(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, gfp_t mask, int order)
 {
 	enum oom_status ret;
@@ -1821,10 +1819,7 @@ static enum oom_status mem_cgroup_oom(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, gfp_t mask, int
 		mem_cgroup_oom_notify(memcg);
 
 	mem_cgroup_unmark_under_oom(memcg);
-	if (mem_cgroup_out_of_memory(memcg, mask, order))
-		ret = OOM_SUCCESS;
-	else
-		ret = OOM_FAILED;
+	ret = mem_cgroup_out_of_memory(memcg, mask, order);
 
 	if (locked)
 		mem_cgroup_oom_unlock(memcg);
@@ -6102,7 +6097,8 @@ static ssize_t memory_max_write(struct kernfs_open_file *of,
 		}
 
 		memcg_memory_event(memcg, MEMCG_OOM);
-		if (!mem_cgroup_out_of_memory(memcg, GFP_KERNEL, 0))
+		if (mem_cgroup_out_of_memory(memcg, GFP_KERNEL, 0) !=
+		    OOM_SUCCESS)
 			break;
 	}
 
diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c
index dfc357614e56..d5a941bea2d7 100644
--- a/mm/oom_kill.c
+++ b/mm/oom_kill.c
@@ -1042,18 +1042,18 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(unregister_oom_notifier);
  * OR try to be smart about which process to kill. Note that we
  * don't have to be perfect here, we just have to be good.
  */
-bool out_of_memory(struct oom_control *oc)
+enum oom_status out_of_memory(struct oom_control *oc)
 {
 	unsigned long freed = 0;
 
 	if (oom_killer_disabled)
-		return false;
+		return OOM_FAILED;
 
 	if (!is_memcg_oom(oc)) {
 		blocking_notifier_call_chain(&oom_notify_list, 0, &freed);
 		if (freed > 0)
 			/* Got some memory back in the last second. */
-			return true;
+			return OOM_SUCCESS;
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -1064,7 +1064,7 @@ bool out_of_memory(struct oom_control *oc)
 	if (task_will_free_mem(current)) {
 		mark_oom_victim(current);
 		wake_oom_reaper(current);
-		return true;
+		return OOM_SUCCESS;
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -1075,7 +1075,7 @@ bool out_of_memory(struct oom_control *oc)
 	 * invoke the OOM killer even if it is a GFP_NOFS allocation.
 	 */
 	if (oc->gfp_mask && !(oc->gfp_mask & __GFP_FS) && !is_memcg_oom(oc))
-		return true;
+		return OOM_SUCCESS;
 
 	/*
 	 * Check if there were limitations on the allocation (only relevant for
@@ -1093,7 +1093,7 @@ bool out_of_memory(struct oom_control *oc)
 		get_task_struct(current);
 		oc->chosen = current;
 		oom_kill_process(oc, "Out of memory (oom_kill_allocating_task)");
-		return true;
+		return OOM_SUCCESS;
 	}
 
 	select_bad_process(oc);
@@ -1112,7 +1112,7 @@ bool out_of_memory(struct oom_control *oc)
 	if (oc->chosen && oc->chosen != (void *)-1UL)
 		oom_kill_process(oc, !is_memcg_oom(oc) ? "Out of memory" :
 				 "Memory cgroup out of memory");
-	return !!oc->chosen;
+	return oc->chosen ? OOM_SUCCESS : OOM_FAILED;
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 69827d4fa052..0926117eb921 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -3917,7 +3917,8 @@ __alloc_pages_may_oom(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order,
 		goto out;
 
 	/* Exhausted what can be done so it's blame time */
-	if (out_of_memory(&oc) || WARN_ON_ONCE(gfp_mask & __GFP_NOFAIL)) {
+	if (out_of_memory(&oc) == OOM_SUCCESS ||
+	    WARN_ON_ONCE(gfp_mask & __GFP_NOFAIL)) {
 		*did_some_progress = 1;
 
 		/*
