diff --git a/arch/hexagon/mm/vm_fault.c b/arch/hexagon/mm/vm_fault.c
index c10b76ff9d65..06695cc4fe58 100644
--- a/arch/hexagon/mm/vm_fault.c
+++ b/arch/hexagon/mm/vm_fault.c
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ void do_page_fault(unsigned long address, long cause, struct pt_regs *regs)
 	int si_code = SEGV_MAPERR;
 	int fault;
 	const struct exception_table_entry *fixup;
+	unsigned int flags = FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY | FAULT_FLAG_KILLABLE |
+				 (cause > 0 ? FAULT_FLAG_WRITE : 0);
 
 	/*
 	 * If we're in an interrupt or have no user context,
@@ -63,6 +65,7 @@ void do_page_fault(unsigned long address, long cause, struct pt_regs *regs)
 
 	local_irq_enable();
 
+retry:
 	down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
 	vma = find_vma(mm, address);
 	if (!vma)
@@ -96,14 +99,23 @@ void do_page_fault(unsigned long address, long cause, struct pt_regs *regs)
 		break;
 	}
 
-	fault = handle_mm_fault(mm, vma, address, (cause > 0));
+	fault = handle_mm_fault(mm, vma, address, flags);
+
+	if ((fault & VM_FAULT_RETRY) && fatal_signal_pending(current))
+		return;
 
 	/* The most common case -- we are done. */
 	if (likely(!(fault & VM_FAULT_ERROR))) {
-		if (fault & VM_FAULT_MAJOR)
-			current->maj_flt++;
-		else
-			current->min_flt++;
+		if (flags & FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY) {
+			if (fault & VM_FAULT_MAJOR)
+				current->maj_flt++;
+			else
+				current->min_flt++;
+			if (fault & VM_FAULT_RETRY) {
+				flags &= ~FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY;
+				goto retry;
+			}
+		}
 
 		up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
 		return;