diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index 7e5f3167abec..8c7af453d57f 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -3295,6 +3295,7 @@ struct vm_area_struct *copy_vma(struct vm_area_struct **vmap,
 			get_file(new_vma->vm_file);
 		if (new_vma->vm_ops && new_vma->vm_ops->open)
 			new_vma->vm_ops->open(new_vma);
+		vma_start_write(new_vma);
 		if (vma_link(mm, new_vma))
 			goto out_vma_link;
 		*need_rmap_locks = false;
diff --git a/mm/mremap.c b/mm/mremap.c
index 1b0afde83bfc..97798981e225 100644
--- a/mm/mremap.c
+++ b/mm/mremap.c
@@ -622,6 +622,7 @@ static unsigned long move_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 			return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
+	vma_start_write(vma);
 	new_pgoff = vma->vm_pgoff + ((old_addr - vma->vm_start) >> PAGE_SHIFT);
 	new_vma = copy_vma(&vma, new_addr, new_len, new_pgoff,
 			   &need_rmap_locks);