diff --git a/block/cfq-iosched.c b/block/cfq-iosched.c
index b66365b6ba771..1bf9307e8f567 100644
--- a/block/cfq-iosched.c
+++ b/block/cfq-iosched.c
@@ -3594,6 +3594,8 @@ cfq_find_alloc_queue(struct cfq_data *cfqd, bool is_sync, struct cfq_io_cq *cic,
 			spin_lock_irq(cfqd->queue->queue_lock);
 			if (new_cfqq)
 				goto retry;
+			else
+				return &cfqd->oom_cfqq;
 		} else {
 			cfqq = kmem_cache_alloc_node(cfq_pool,
 					gfp_mask | __GFP_ZERO,