1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index 6cdfa1df57f6..8034abd3a135 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -806,9 +806,13 @@ static long do_get_mempolicy(int *policy, nodemask_t *nmask,
 
         err = 0;
         if (nmask) {
-                task_lock(current);
-                get_policy_nodemask(pol, nmask);
-                task_unlock(current);
+                if (mpol_store_user_nodemask(pol)) {
+                        *nmask = pol->w.user_nodemask;
+                } else {
+                        task_lock(current);
+                        get_policy_nodemask(pol, nmask);
+                        task_unlock(current);
+                }
         }
 
  out: