diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index a32d28ce31cda697aff68fdc6c939560096e3a50..6aaf657adb8743a8f148b6c7264ee1da819878e5 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -1068,7 +1068,6 @@ int vma_wants_writenotify(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 		mapping_cap_account_dirty(vma->vm_file->f_mapping);
 }
 
-
 unsigned long mmap_region(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,
 			  unsigned long len, unsigned long flags,
 			  unsigned int vm_flags, unsigned long pgoff,
@@ -1181,22 +1180,20 @@ munmap_back:
 	if (vma_wants_writenotify(vma))
 		vma->vm_page_prot = vm_get_page_prot(vm_flags & ~VM_SHARED);
 
-	if (!file || !vma_merge(mm, prev, addr, vma->vm_end,
+	if (file && vma_merge(mm, prev, addr, vma->vm_end,
 			vma->vm_flags, NULL, file, pgoff, vma_policy(vma))) {
-		file = vma->vm_file;
-		vma_link(mm, vma, prev, rb_link, rb_parent);
-		if (correct_wcount)
-			atomic_inc(&inode->i_writecount);
-	} else {
-		if (file) {
-			if (correct_wcount)
-				atomic_inc(&inode->i_writecount);
-			fput(file);
-		}
 		mpol_free(vma_policy(vma));
 		kmem_cache_free(vm_area_cachep, vma);
+		fput(file);
+	} else {
+		vma_link(mm, vma, prev, rb_link, rb_parent);
+		file = vma->vm_file;
 	}
-out:	
+
+	/* Once vma denies write, undo our temporary denial count */
+	if (correct_wcount)
+		atomic_inc(&inode->i_writecount);
+out:
 	mm->total_vm += len >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 	vm_stat_account(mm, vm_flags, file, len >> PAGE_SHIFT);
 	if (vm_flags & VM_LOCKED) {