diff --git a/arch/nios2/mm/fault.c b/arch/nios2/mm/fault.c
index d194c0427b26..0d231adfe576 100644
--- a/arch/nios2/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/nios2/mm/fault.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ asmlinkage void do_page_fault(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long cause,
 	struct mm_struct *mm = tsk->mm;
 	int code = SEGV_MAPERR;
 	int fault;
-	unsigned int flags = 0;
+	unsigned int flags = FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY | FAULT_FLAG_KILLABLE;
 
 	cause >>= 2;
 
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ asmlinkage void do_page_fault(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long cause,
 	if (!down_read_trylock(&mm->mmap_sem)) {
 		if (!user_mode(regs) && !search_exception_tables(regs->ea))
 			goto bad_area_nosemaphore;
+retry:
 		down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
 	}
 
@@ -132,6 +133,10 @@ survive:
 	 * the fault.
 	 */
 	fault = handle_mm_fault(mm, vma, address, flags);
+
+	if ((fault & VM_FAULT_RETRY) && fatal_signal_pending(current))
+		return;
+
 	if (unlikely(fault & VM_FAULT_ERROR)) {
 		if (fault & VM_FAULT_OOM)
 			goto out_of_memory;
@@ -141,10 +146,32 @@ survive:
 			goto do_sigbus;
 		BUG();
 	}
-	if (fault & VM_FAULT_MAJOR)
-		tsk->maj_flt++;
-	else
-		tsk->min_flt++;
+
+	/*
+	 * Major/minor page fault accounting is only done on the
+	 * initial attempt. If we go through a retry, it is extremely
+	 * likely that the page will be found in page cache at that point.
+	 */
+	if (flags & FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY) {
+		if (fault & VM_FAULT_MAJOR)
+			current->maj_flt++;
+		else
+			current->min_flt++;
+		if (fault & VM_FAULT_RETRY) {
+			/* Clear FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY to avoid any risk
+			 * of starvation. */
+			flags &= ~FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY;
+			flags |= FAULT_FLAG_TRIED;
+
+			/*
+			 * No need to up_read(&mm->mmap_sem) as we would
+			 * have already released it in __lock_page_or_retry
+			 * in mm/filemap.c.
+			 */
+
+			goto retry;
+		}
+	}
 
 	up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
 	return;