diff --git a/block/cfq-iosched.c b/block/cfq-iosched.c
index 87276eb83f7f..fd7080ed7935 100644
--- a/block/cfq-iosched.c
+++ b/block/cfq-iosched.c
@@ -2311,7 +2311,7 @@ cfq_set_request(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq, gfp_t gfp_mask)
 		goto queue_fail;
 
 	cfqq = cic_to_cfqq(cic, is_sync);
-	if (!cfqq) {
+	if (!cfqq || cfqq == &cfqd->oom_cfqq) {
 		cfqq = cfq_get_queue(cfqd, is_sync, cic->ioc, gfp_mask);
 		cic_set_cfqq(cic, cfqq, is_sync);
 	}