diff --git a/mm/mlock.c b/mm/mlock.c
index 192e6eebe4f2..10819ed4df3e 100644
--- a/mm/mlock.c
+++ b/mm/mlock.c
@@ -709,19 +709,21 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(mlock, unsigned long, start, size_t, len)
 
 	lru_add_drain_all();	/* flush pagevec */
 
-	down_write(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
 	len = PAGE_ALIGN(len + (start & ~PAGE_MASK));
 	start &= PAGE_MASK;
 
-	locked = len >> PAGE_SHIFT;
-	locked += current->mm->locked_vm;
-
 	lock_limit = rlimit(RLIMIT_MEMLOCK);
 	lock_limit >>= PAGE_SHIFT;
+	locked = len >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+
+	down_write(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
+
+	locked += current->mm->locked_vm;
 
 	/* check against resource limits */
 	if ((locked <= lock_limit) || capable(CAP_IPC_LOCK))
 		error = do_mlock(start, len, 1);
+
 	up_write(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
 	if (!error)
 		error = __mm_populate(start, len, 0);
@@ -732,11 +734,13 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(munlock, unsigned long, start, size_t, len)
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	down_write(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
 	len = PAGE_ALIGN(len + (start & ~PAGE_MASK));
 	start &= PAGE_MASK;
+
+	down_write(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
 	ret = do_mlock(start, len, 0);
 	up_write(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
+
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -781,12 +785,12 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(mlockall, int, flags)
 	if (flags & MCL_CURRENT)
 		lru_add_drain_all();	/* flush pagevec */
 
-	down_write(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
-
 	lock_limit = rlimit(RLIMIT_MEMLOCK);
 	lock_limit >>= PAGE_SHIFT;
 
 	ret = -ENOMEM;
+	down_write(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
+
 	if (!(flags & MCL_CURRENT) || (current->mm->total_vm <= lock_limit) ||
 	    capable(CAP_IPC_LOCK))
 		ret = do_mlockall(flags);