1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/mm/madvise.c b/mm/madvise.c
index 4e196155a0c3..77916e9fc52b 100644
--- a/mm/madvise.c
+++ b/mm/madvise.c
@@ -155,11 +155,14 @@ static long madvise_dontneed(struct vm_area_struct * vma,
  * Other filesystems return -ENOSYS.
  */
 static long madvise_remove(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+                                struct vm_area_struct **prev,
                                 unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
 {
         struct address_space *mapping;
         loff_t offset, endoff;
 
+        *prev = vma;
+
         if (vma->vm_flags & (VM_LOCKED|VM_NONLINEAR|VM_HUGETLB))
                 return -EINVAL;
 
@@ -199,7 +202,7 @@ madvise_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_area_struct **prev,
                 error = madvise_behavior(vma, prev, start, end, behavior);
                 break;
         case MADV_REMOVE:
-                error = madvise_remove(vma, start, end);
+                error = madvise_remove(vma, prev, start, end);
                 break;
 
         case MADV_WILLNEED: