diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index 220be9fa2c417c..9ec9dd1946d628 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -2022,16 +2022,14 @@ static vm_fault_t shmem_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 		    shmem_falloc->waitq &&
 		    vmf->pgoff >= shmem_falloc->start &&
 		    vmf->pgoff < shmem_falloc->next) {
+			struct file *fpin;
 			wait_queue_head_t *shmem_falloc_waitq;
 			DEFINE_WAIT_FUNC(shmem_fault_wait, synchronous_wake_function);
 
 			ret = VM_FAULT_NOPAGE;
-			if ((vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY) &&
-			   !(vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_RETRY_NOWAIT)) {
-				/* It's polite to up mmap_sem if we can */
-				up_read(&vma->vm_mm->mmap_sem);
+			fpin = maybe_unlock_mmap_for_io(vmf, NULL);
+			if (fpin)
 				ret = VM_FAULT_RETRY;
-			}
 
 			shmem_falloc_waitq = shmem_falloc->waitq;
 			prepare_to_wait(shmem_falloc_waitq, &shmem_fault_wait,
@@ -2049,6 +2047,9 @@ static vm_fault_t shmem_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 			spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
 			finish_wait(shmem_falloc_waitq, &shmem_fault_wait);
 			spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+
+			if (fpin)
+				fput(fpin);
 			return ret;
 		}
 		spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);