diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index 6074714fdbd4..312e31196720 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -2106,9 +2106,10 @@ unsigned long shmem_get_unmapped_area(struct file *file,
 	/*
 	 * Our priority is to support MAP_SHARED mapped hugely;
 	 * and support MAP_PRIVATE mapped hugely too, until it is COWed.
-	 * But if caller specified an address hint, respect that as before.
+	 * But if caller specified an address hint and we allocated area there
+	 * successfully, respect that as before.
 	 */
-	if (uaddr)
+	if (uaddr == addr)
 		return addr;
 
 	if (shmem_huge != SHMEM_HUGE_FORCE) {
@@ -2142,7 +2143,7 @@ unsigned long shmem_get_unmapped_area(struct file *file,
 	if (inflated_len < len)
 		return addr;
 
-	inflated_addr = get_area(NULL, 0, inflated_len, 0, flags);
+	inflated_addr = get_area(NULL, uaddr, inflated_len, 0, flags);
 	if (IS_ERR_VALUE(inflated_addr))
 		return addr;
 	if (inflated_addr & ~PAGE_MASK)