diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
index a3278f0..79c3441 100644
--- a/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -1133,7 +1133,7 @@
 					  pages_dirtied,
 					  pause,
 					  start_time);
-		__set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
+		__set_current_state(TASK_KILLABLE);
 		io_schedule_timeout(pause);
 
 		dirty_thresh = hard_dirty_limit(dirty_thresh);
@@ -1145,6 +1145,9 @@
 		 */
 		if (nr_dirty < dirty_thresh)
 			break;
+
+		if (fatal_signal_pending(current))
+			break;
 	}
 
 	if (!dirty_exceeded && bdi->dirty_exceeded)