diff --git a/fs/ramfs/file-nommu.c b/fs/ramfs/file-nommu.c
index 266531343aae..1739a4aba25f 100644
--- a/fs/ramfs/file-nommu.c
+++ b/fs/ramfs/file-nommu.c
@@ -121,35 +121,6 @@ add_error:
 	return ret;
 }
 
-/*****************************************************************************/
-/*
- * check that file shrinkage doesn't leave any VMAs dangling in midair
- */
-static int ramfs_nommu_check_mappings(struct inode *inode,
-				      size_t newsize, size_t size)
-{
-	struct vm_area_struct *vma;
-	struct prio_tree_iter iter;
-
-	down_write(&nommu_region_sem);
-
-	/* search for VMAs that fall within the dead zone */
-	vma_prio_tree_foreach(vma, &iter, &inode->i_mapping->i_mmap,
-			      newsize >> PAGE_SHIFT,
-			      (size + PAGE_SIZE - 1) >> PAGE_SHIFT
-			      ) {
-		/* found one - only interested if it's shared out of the page
-		 * cache */
-		if (vma->vm_flags & VM_SHARED) {
-			up_write(&nommu_region_sem);
-			return -ETXTBSY; /* not quite true, but near enough */
-		}
-	}
-
-	up_write(&nommu_region_sem);
-	return 0;
-}
-
 /*****************************************************************************/
 /*
  *
@@ -169,7 +140,7 @@ static int ramfs_nommu_resize(struct inode *inode, loff_t newsize, loff_t size)
 
 	/* check that a decrease in size doesn't cut off any shared mappings */
 	if (newsize < size) {
-		ret = ramfs_nommu_check_mappings(inode, newsize, size);
+		ret = nommu_shrink_inode_mappings(inode, size, newsize);
 		if (ret < 0)
 			return ret;
 	}
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 2265f28eb47a..60c467bfbabd 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -1089,6 +1089,7 @@ extern void zone_pcp_update(struct zone *zone);
 
 /* nommu.c */
 extern atomic_long_t mmap_pages_allocated;
+extern int nommu_shrink_inode_mappings(struct inode *, size_t, size_t);
 
 /* prio_tree.c */
 void vma_prio_tree_add(struct vm_area_struct *, struct vm_area_struct *old);
diff --git a/mm/nommu.c b/mm/nommu.c
index 32be0cf51ba6..48a2ecfaf059 100644
--- a/mm/nommu.c
+++ b/mm/nommu.c
@@ -1914,3 +1914,65 @@ int access_process_vm(struct task_struct *tsk, unsigned long addr, void *buf, in
 	mmput(mm);
 	return len;
 }
+
+/**
+ * nommu_shrink_inode_mappings - Shrink the shared mappings on an inode
+ * @inode: The inode to check
+ * @size: The current filesize of the inode
+ * @newsize: The proposed filesize of the inode
+ *
+ * Check the shared mappings on an inode on behalf of a shrinking truncate to
+ * make sure that that any outstanding VMAs aren't broken and then shrink the
+ * vm_regions that extend that beyond so that do_mmap_pgoff() doesn't
+ * automatically grant mappings that are too large.
+ */
+int nommu_shrink_inode_mappings(struct inode *inode, size_t size,
+				size_t newsize)
+{
+	struct vm_area_struct *vma;
+	struct prio_tree_iter iter;
+	struct vm_region *region;
+	pgoff_t low, high;
+	size_t r_size, r_top;
+
+	low = newsize >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+	high = (size + PAGE_SIZE - 1) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+
+	down_write(&nommu_region_sem);
+
+	/* search for VMAs that fall within the dead zone */
+	vma_prio_tree_foreach(vma, &iter, &inode->i_mapping->i_mmap,
+			      low, high) {
+		/* found one - only interested if it's shared out of the page
+		 * cache */
+		if (vma->vm_flags & VM_SHARED) {
+			up_write(&nommu_region_sem);
+			return -ETXTBSY; /* not quite true, but near enough */
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* reduce any regions that overlap the dead zone - if in existence,
+	 * these will be pointed to by VMAs that don't overlap the dead zone
+	 *
+	 * we don't check for any regions that start beyond the EOF as there
+	 * shouldn't be any
+	 */
+	vma_prio_tree_foreach(vma, &iter, &inode->i_mapping->i_mmap,
+			      0, ULONG_MAX) {
+		if (!(vma->vm_flags & VM_SHARED))
+			continue;
+
+		region = vma->vm_region;
+		r_size = region->vm_top - region->vm_start;
+		r_top = (region->vm_pgoff << PAGE_SHIFT) + r_size;
+
+		if (r_top > newsize) {
+			region->vm_top -= r_top - newsize;
+			if (region->vm_end > region->vm_top)
+				region->vm_end = region->vm_top;
+		}
+	}
+
+	up_write(&nommu_region_sem);
+	return 0;
+}