diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index 5fb427aed61279..1398578db02563 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -902,7 +902,10 @@ static int lookup_node(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr)
 
 	int locked = 1;
 	err = get_user_pages_locked(addr & PAGE_MASK, 1, 0, &p, &locked);
-	if (err >= 0) {
+	if (err == 0) {
+		/* E.g. GUP interupted by fatal signal */
+		err = -EFAULT;
+	} else if (err > 0) {
 		err = page_to_nid(p);
 		put_page(p);
 	}