diff --git a/block/cfq-iosched.c b/block/cfq-iosched.c
index c760ae7..1d9160f 100644
--- a/block/cfq-iosched.c
+++ b/block/cfq-iosched.c
@@ -71,6 +71,51 @@
 #define CFQ_RB_ROOT	(struct cfq_rb_root) { RB_ROOT, NULL, }
 
 /*
+ * Per process-grouping structure
+ */
+struct cfq_queue {
+	/* reference count */
+	atomic_t ref;
+	/* various state flags, see below */
+	unsigned int flags;
+	/* parent cfq_data */
+	struct cfq_data *cfqd;
+	/* service_tree member */
+	struct rb_node rb_node;
+	/* service_tree key */
+	unsigned long rb_key;
+	/* prio tree member */
+	struct rb_node p_node;
+	/* prio tree root we belong to, if any */
+	struct rb_root *p_root;
+	/* sorted list of pending requests */
+	struct rb_root sort_list;
+	/* if fifo isn't expired, next request to serve */
+	struct request *next_rq;
+	/* requests queued in sort_list */
+	int queued[2];
+	/* currently allocated requests */
+	int allocated[2];
+	/* fifo list of requests in sort_list */
+	struct list_head fifo;
+
+	unsigned long slice_end;
+	long slice_resid;
+	unsigned int slice_dispatch;
+
+	/* pending metadata requests */
+	int meta_pending;
+	/* number of requests that are on the dispatch list or inside driver */
+	int dispatched;
+
+	/* io prio of this group */
+	unsigned short ioprio, org_ioprio;
+	unsigned short ioprio_class, org_ioprio_class;
+
+	pid_t pid;
+};
+
+/*
  * Per block device queue structure
  */
 struct cfq_data {
@@ -135,51 +180,11 @@
 	unsigned int cfq_slice_idle;
 
 	struct list_head cic_list;
-};
 
-/*
- * Per process-grouping structure
- */
-struct cfq_queue {
-	/* reference count */
-	atomic_t ref;
-	/* various state flags, see below */
-	unsigned int flags;
-	/* parent cfq_data */
-	struct cfq_data *cfqd;
-	/* service_tree member */
-	struct rb_node rb_node;
-	/* service_tree key */
-	unsigned long rb_key;
-	/* prio tree member */
-	struct rb_node p_node;
-	/* prio tree root we belong to, if any */
-	struct rb_root *p_root;
-	/* sorted list of pending requests */
-	struct rb_root sort_list;
-	/* if fifo isn't expired, next request to serve */
-	struct request *next_rq;
-	/* requests queued in sort_list */
-	int queued[2];
-	/* currently allocated requests */
-	int allocated[2];
-	/* fifo list of requests in sort_list */
-	struct list_head fifo;
-
-	unsigned long slice_end;
-	long slice_resid;
-	unsigned int slice_dispatch;
-
-	/* pending metadata requests */
-	int meta_pending;
-	/* number of requests that are on the dispatch list or inside driver */
-	int dispatched;
-
-	/* io prio of this group */
-	unsigned short ioprio, org_ioprio;
-	unsigned short ioprio_class, org_ioprio_class;
-
-	pid_t pid;
+	/*
+	 * Fallback dummy cfqq for extreme OOM conditions
+	 */
+	struct cfq_queue oom_cfqq;
 };
 
 enum cfqq_state_flags {
@@ -1673,41 +1678,40 @@
 	/* cic always exists here */
 	cfqq = cic_to_cfqq(cic, is_sync);
 
-	if (!cfqq) {
+	/*
+	 * Always try a new alloc if we fell back to the OOM cfqq
+	 * originally, since it should just be a temporary situation.
+	 */
+	if (!cfqq || cfqq == &cfqd->oom_cfqq) {
+		cfqq = NULL;
 		if (new_cfqq) {
 			cfqq = new_cfqq;
 			new_cfqq = NULL;
 		} else if (gfp_mask & __GFP_WAIT) {
-			/*
-			 * Inform the allocator of the fact that we will
-			 * just repeat this allocation if it fails, to allow
-			 * the allocator to do whatever it needs to attempt to
-			 * free memory.
-			 */
 			spin_unlock_irq(cfqd->queue->queue_lock);
 			new_cfqq = kmem_cache_alloc_node(cfq_pool,
-					gfp_mask | __GFP_NOFAIL | __GFP_ZERO,
+					gfp_mask | __GFP_ZERO,
 					cfqd->queue->node);
 			spin_lock_irq(cfqd->queue->queue_lock);
-			goto retry;
+			if (new_cfqq)
+				goto retry;
 		} else {
 			cfqq = kmem_cache_alloc_node(cfq_pool,
 					gfp_mask | __GFP_ZERO,
 					cfqd->queue->node);
-			if (!cfqq)
-				goto out;
 		}
 
-		cfq_init_cfqq(cfqd, cfqq, current->pid, is_sync);
-		cfq_init_prio_data(cfqq, ioc);
-		cfq_log_cfqq(cfqd, cfqq, "alloced");
+		if (cfqq) {
+			cfq_init_cfqq(cfqd, cfqq, current->pid, is_sync);
+			cfq_init_prio_data(cfqq, ioc);
+			cfq_log_cfqq(cfqd, cfqq, "alloced");
+		} else
+			cfqq = &cfqd->oom_cfqq;
 	}
 
 	if (new_cfqq)
 		kmem_cache_free(cfq_pool, new_cfqq);
 
-out:
-	WARN_ON((gfp_mask & __GFP_WAIT) && !cfqq);
 	return cfqq;
 }
 
@@ -1740,11 +1744,8 @@
 		cfqq = *async_cfqq;
 	}
 
-	if (!cfqq) {
+	if (!cfqq)
 		cfqq = cfq_find_alloc_queue(cfqd, is_sync, ioc, gfp_mask);
-		if (!cfqq)
-			return NULL;
-	}
 
 	/*
 	 * pin the queue now that it's allocated, scheduler exit will prune it
@@ -2470,6 +2471,14 @@
 	for (i = 0; i < CFQ_PRIO_LISTS; i++)
 		cfqd->prio_trees[i] = RB_ROOT;
 
+	/*
+	 * Our fallback cfqq if cfq_find_alloc_queue() runs into OOM issues.
+	 * Grab a permanent reference to it, so that the normal code flow
+	 * will not attempt to free it.
+	 */
+	cfq_init_cfqq(cfqd, &cfqd->oom_cfqq, 1, 0);
+	atomic_inc(&cfqd->oom_cfqq.ref);
+
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cfqd->cic_list);
 
 	cfqd->queue = q;