diff --git a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
index 781879a91e3b..78bed6adc62d 100644
--- a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
+++ b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
@@ -1547,7 +1547,9 @@ static ssize_t pagemap_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 		/* overflow ? */
 		if (end < start_vaddr || end > end_vaddr)
 			end = end_vaddr;
-		down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
+		ret = down_read_killable(&mm->mmap_sem);
+		if (ret)
+			goto out_free;
 		ret = walk_page_range(start_vaddr, end, &pagemap_walk);
 		up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
 		start_vaddr = end;