1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index 55e04a0734c1..6796311a23ef 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -1201,7 +1201,7 @@ static int shmem_populate(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
                                 page_cache_release(page);
                                 return err;
                         }
-                } else {
+                } else if (vma->vm_flags & VM_NONLINEAR) {
                         /* No page was found just because we can't read it in
                          * now (being here implies nonblock != 0), but the page
                          * may exist, so set the PTE to fault it in later. */