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diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c
index d1b2b8d934bb..38509dc1f77b 100644
--- a/kernel/sys.c
+++ b/kernel/sys.c
@@ -2018,7 +2018,11 @@ static int prctl_set_mm_map(int opt, const void __user *addr, unsigned long data
 			return error;
 	}
 
-	down_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
+	/*
+	 * arg_lock protects concurent updates but we still need mmap_sem for
+	 * read to exclude races with sys_brk.
+	 */
+	down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
 
 	/*
 	 * We don't validate if these members are pointing to
@@ -2032,6 +2036,7 @@ static int prctl_set_mm_map(int opt, const void __user *addr, unsigned long data
 	 *    to any problem in kernel itself
 	 */
 
+	spin_lock(&mm->arg_lock);
 	mm->start_code	= prctl_map.start_code;
 	mm->end_code	= prctl_map.end_code;
 	mm->start_data	= prctl_map.start_data;
@@ -2043,6 +2048,7 @@ static int prctl_set_mm_map(int opt, const void __user *addr, unsigned long data
 	mm->arg_end	= prctl_map.arg_end;
 	mm->env_start	= prctl_map.env_start;
 	mm->env_end	= prctl_map.env_end;
+	spin_unlock(&mm->arg_lock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Note this update of @saved_auxv is lockless thus
@@ -2055,7 +2061,7 @@ static int prctl_set_mm_map(int opt, const void __user *addr, unsigned long data
 	if (prctl_map.auxv_size)
 		memcpy(mm->saved_auxv, user_auxv, sizeof(user_auxv));
 
-	up_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
+	up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
 	return 0;
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE */