diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index b5f72ce569e6..eea6e4984eae 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -3232,16 +3232,21 @@ static inline vm_fault_t vmf_can_call_fault(const struct vm_fault *vmf)
 vm_fault_t vmf_anon_prepare(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 {
 	struct vm_area_struct *vma = vmf->vma;
+	vm_fault_t ret = 0;
 
 	if (likely(vma->anon_vma))
 		return 0;
 	if (vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_VMA_LOCK) {
-		vma_end_read(vma);
-		return VM_FAULT_RETRY;
+		if (!mmap_read_trylock(vma->vm_mm)) {
+			vma_end_read(vma);
+			return VM_FAULT_RETRY;
+		}
 	}
 	if (__anon_vma_prepare(vma))
-		return VM_FAULT_OOM;
-	return 0;
+		ret = VM_FAULT_OOM;
+	if (vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_VMA_LOCK)
+		mmap_read_unlock(vma->vm_mm);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /*