1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index ffd6c6c9bcf4..22dff49d579e 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -657,9 +657,6 @@ again:			remove_next = 1 + (end > next->vm_end);
         validate_mm(mm);
 }
 
-/* Flags that can be inherited from an existing mapping when merging */
-#define VM_MERGEABLE_FLAGS (VM_CAN_NONLINEAR)
-
 /*
  * If the vma has a ->close operation then the driver probably needs to release
  * per-vma resources, so we don't attempt to merge those.
@@ -667,7 +664,8 @@ again:			remove_next = 1 + (end > next->vm_end);
 static inline int is_mergeable_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
                         struct file *file, unsigned long vm_flags)
 {
-        if ((vma->vm_flags ^ vm_flags) & ~VM_MERGEABLE_FLAGS)
+        /* VM_CAN_NONLINEAR may get set later by f_op->mmap() */
+        if ((vma->vm_flags ^ vm_flags) & ~VM_CAN_NONLINEAR)
                 return 0;
         if (vma->vm_file != file)
                 return 0;