diff --git a/fs/binfmt_flat.c b/fs/binfmt_flat.c
index 831a2b25ba79..196f9f64d075 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_flat.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_flat.c
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ static int load_flat_file(struct linux_binprm *bprm,
 			goto err;
 		}
 
-		len = data_len + extra;
+		len = data_len + extra + MAX_SHARED_LIBS * sizeof(unsigned long);
 		len = PAGE_ALIGN(len);
 		realdatastart = vm_mmap(NULL, 0, len,
 			PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE, 0);
@@ -585,7 +585,9 @@ static int load_flat_file(struct linux_binprm *bprm,
 			vm_munmap(textpos, text_len);
 			goto err;
 		}
-		datapos = ALIGN(realdatastart, FLAT_DATA_ALIGN);
+		datapos = ALIGN(realdatastart +
+				MAX_SHARED_LIBS * sizeof(unsigned long),
+				FLAT_DATA_ALIGN);
 
 		pr_debug("Allocated data+bss+stack (%u bytes): %lx\n",
 			 data_len + bss_len + stack_len, datapos);
@@ -615,7 +617,7 @@ static int load_flat_file(struct linux_binprm *bprm,
 		memp_size = len;
 	} else {
 
-		len = text_len + data_len + extra;
+		len = text_len + data_len + extra + MAX_SHARED_LIBS * sizeof(u32);
 		len = PAGE_ALIGN(len);
 		textpos = vm_mmap(NULL, 0, len,
 			PROT_READ | PROT_EXEC | PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE, 0);
@@ -630,7 +632,9 @@ static int load_flat_file(struct linux_binprm *bprm,
 		}
 
 		realdatastart = textpos + ntohl(hdr->data_start);
-		datapos = ALIGN(realdatastart, FLAT_DATA_ALIGN);
+		datapos = ALIGN(realdatastart +
+				MAX_SHARED_LIBS * sizeof(u32),
+				FLAT_DATA_ALIGN);
 
 		reloc = (__be32 __user *)
 			(datapos + (ntohl(hdr->reloc_start) - text_len));
@@ -647,9 +651,8 @@ static int load_flat_file(struct linux_binprm *bprm,
 					 (text_len + full_data
 						  - sizeof(struct flat_hdr)),
 					 0);
-			if (datapos != realdatastart)
-				memmove((void *)datapos, (void *)realdatastart,
-						full_data);
+			memmove((void *) datapos, (void *) realdatastart,
+					full_data);
 #else
 			/*
 			 * This is used on MMU systems mainly for testing.
@@ -705,7 +708,8 @@ static int load_flat_file(struct linux_binprm *bprm,
 		if (IS_ERR_VALUE(result)) {
 			ret = result;
 			pr_err("Unable to read code+data+bss, errno %d\n", ret);
-			vm_munmap(textpos, text_len + data_len + extra);
+			vm_munmap(textpos, text_len + data_len + extra +
+				MAX_SHARED_LIBS * sizeof(u32));
 			goto err;
 		}
 	}