diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 9b42695f0d1484..29b532e718f7cf 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -426,6 +426,7 @@ static struct mm_struct * mm_init(struct mm_struct * mm, struct task_struct *p)
 	init_rwsem(&mm->mmap_sem);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&mm->mmlist);
 	mm->flags = (current->mm) ? current->mm->flags : default_dump_filter;
+	mm->oom_adj = (current->mm) ? current->mm->oom_adj : 0;
 	mm->core_state = NULL;
 	mm->nr_ptes = 0;
 	set_mm_counter(mm, file_rss, 0);