diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index 90d2f62a9672..5a187e9b7221 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -549,8 +549,17 @@ static int proc_oom_score(struct seq_file *m, struct pid_namespace *ns,
 {
 	unsigned long totalpages = totalram_pages() + total_swap_pages;
 	unsigned long points = 0;
+	long badness;
+
+	badness = oom_badness(task, totalpages);
+	/*
+	 * Special case OOM_SCORE_ADJ_MIN for all others scale the
+	 * badness value into [0, 2000] range which we have been
+	 * exporting for a long time so userspace might depend on it.
+	 */
+	if (badness != LONG_MIN)
+		points = (1000 + badness * 1000 / (long)totalpages) * 2 / 3;
 
-	points = oom_badness(task, totalpages) * 1000 / totalpages;
 	seq_printf(m, "%lu\n", points);
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/include/linux/oom.h b/include/linux/oom.h
index b9df34326772..2db9a1432511 100644
--- a/include/linux/oom.h
+++ b/include/linux/oom.h
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ struct oom_control {
 	/* Used by oom implementation, do not set */
 	unsigned long totalpages;
 	struct task_struct *chosen;
-	unsigned long chosen_points;
+	long chosen_points;
 
 	/* Used to print the constraint info. */
 	enum oom_constraint constraint;
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ static inline vm_fault_t check_stable_address_space(struct mm_struct *mm)
 
 bool __oom_reap_task_mm(struct mm_struct *mm);
 
-extern unsigned long oom_badness(struct task_struct *p,
+long oom_badness(struct task_struct *p,
 		unsigned long totalpages);
 
 extern bool out_of_memory(struct oom_control *oc);
diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c
index 212e71874301..f1b810ddf232 100644
--- a/mm/oom_kill.c
+++ b/mm/oom_kill.c
@@ -197,17 +197,17 @@ static bool is_dump_unreclaim_slabs(void)
  * predictable as possible.  The goal is to return the highest value for the
  * task consuming the most memory to avoid subsequent oom failures.
  */
-unsigned long oom_badness(struct task_struct *p, unsigned long totalpages)
+long oom_badness(struct task_struct *p, unsigned long totalpages)
 {
 	long points;
 	long adj;
 
 	if (oom_unkillable_task(p))
-		return 0;
+		return LONG_MIN;
 
 	p = find_lock_task_mm(p);
 	if (!p)
-		return 0;
+		return LONG_MIN;
 
 	/*
 	 * Do not even consider tasks which are explicitly marked oom
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ unsigned long oom_badness(struct task_struct *p, unsigned long totalpages)
 			test_bit(MMF_OOM_SKIP, &p->mm->flags) ||
 			in_vfork(p)) {
 		task_unlock(p);
-		return 0;
+		return LONG_MIN;
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -234,11 +234,7 @@ unsigned long oom_badness(struct task_struct *p, unsigned long totalpages)
 	adj *= totalpages / 1000;
 	points += adj;
 
-	/*
-	 * Never return 0 for an eligible task regardless of the root bonus and
-	 * oom_score_adj (oom_score_adj can't be OOM_SCORE_ADJ_MIN here).
-	 */
-	return points > 0 ? points : 1;
+	return points;
 }
 
 static const char * const oom_constraint_text[] = {
@@ -311,7 +307,7 @@ static enum oom_constraint constrained_alloc(struct oom_control *oc)
 static int oom_evaluate_task(struct task_struct *task, void *arg)
 {
 	struct oom_control *oc = arg;
-	unsigned long points;
+	long points;
 
 	if (oom_unkillable_task(task))
 		goto next;
@@ -337,12 +333,12 @@ static int oom_evaluate_task(struct task_struct *task, void *arg)
 	 * killed first if it triggers an oom, then select it.
 	 */
 	if (oom_task_origin(task)) {
-		points = ULONG_MAX;
+		points = LONG_MAX;
 		goto select;
 	}
 
 	points = oom_badness(task, oc->totalpages);
-	if (!points || points < oc->chosen_points)
+	if (points == LONG_MIN || points < oc->chosen_points)
 		goto next;
 
 select:
@@ -366,6 +362,8 @@ abort:
  */
 static void select_bad_process(struct oom_control *oc)
 {
+	oc->chosen_points = LONG_MIN;
+
 	if (is_memcg_oom(oc))
 		mem_cgroup_scan_tasks(oc->memcg, oom_evaluate_task, oc);
 	else {