1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/mm/nommu.c b/mm/nommu.c
index 5e39294f8ea8..d6dd656264a2 100644
--- a/mm/nommu.c
+++ b/mm/nommu.c
@@ -1441,10 +1441,9 @@ int split_vma(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 
         kenter("");
 
-        /* we're only permitted to split anonymous regions that have a single
-         * owner */
-        if (vma->vm_file ||
-            vma->vm_region->vm_usage != 1)
+        /* we're only permitted to split anonymous regions (these should have
+         * only a single usage on the region) */
+        if (vma->vm_file)
                 return -ENOMEM;
 
         if (mm->map_count >= sysctl_max_map_count)