diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 28c655ba9353..e83ad2c9228c 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ static void resv_map_release(struct kref *ref)
 static struct resv_map *vma_resv_map(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
 	VM_BUG_ON(!is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma));
-	if (!(vma->vm_flags & VM_SHARED))
+	if (!(vma->vm_flags & VM_MAYSHARE))
 		return (struct resv_map *)(get_vma_private_data(vma) &
 							~HPAGE_RESV_MASK);
 	return NULL;
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ static struct resv_map *vma_resv_map(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 static void set_vma_resv_map(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct resv_map *map)
 {
 	VM_BUG_ON(!is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma));
-	VM_BUG_ON(vma->vm_flags & VM_SHARED);
+	VM_BUG_ON(vma->vm_flags & VM_MAYSHARE);
 
 	set_vma_private_data(vma, (get_vma_private_data(vma) &
 				HPAGE_RESV_MASK) | (unsigned long)map);
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ static void set_vma_resv_map(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct resv_map *map)
 static void set_vma_resv_flags(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long flags)
 {
 	VM_BUG_ON(!is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma));
-	VM_BUG_ON(vma->vm_flags & VM_SHARED);
+	VM_BUG_ON(vma->vm_flags & VM_MAYSHARE);
 
 	set_vma_private_data(vma, get_vma_private_data(vma) | flags);
 }
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ static void decrement_hugepage_resv_vma(struct hstate *h,
 	if (vma->vm_flags & VM_NORESERVE)
 		return;
 
-	if (vma->vm_flags & VM_SHARED) {
+	if (vma->vm_flags & VM_MAYSHARE) {
 		/* Shared mappings always use reserves */
 		h->resv_huge_pages--;
 	} else if (is_vma_resv_set(vma, HPAGE_RESV_OWNER)) {
@@ -369,14 +369,14 @@ static void decrement_hugepage_resv_vma(struct hstate *h,
 void reset_vma_resv_huge_pages(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
 	VM_BUG_ON(!is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma));
-	if (!(vma->vm_flags & VM_SHARED))
+	if (!(vma->vm_flags & VM_MAYSHARE))
 		vma->vm_private_data = (void *)0;
 }
 
 /* Returns true if the VMA has associated reserve pages */
 static int vma_has_reserves(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
-	if (vma->vm_flags & VM_SHARED)
+	if (vma->vm_flags & VM_MAYSHARE)
 		return 1;
 	if (is_vma_resv_set(vma, HPAGE_RESV_OWNER))
 		return 1;
@@ -924,7 +924,7 @@ static long vma_needs_reservation(struct hstate *h,
 	struct address_space *mapping = vma->vm_file->f_mapping;
 	struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
 
-	if (vma->vm_flags & VM_SHARED) {
+	if (vma->vm_flags & VM_MAYSHARE) {
 		pgoff_t idx = vma_hugecache_offset(h, vma, addr);
 		return region_chg(&inode->i_mapping->private_list,
 							idx, idx + 1);
@@ -949,7 +949,7 @@ static void vma_commit_reservation(struct hstate *h,
 	struct address_space *mapping = vma->vm_file->f_mapping;
 	struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
 
-	if (vma->vm_flags & VM_SHARED) {
+	if (vma->vm_flags & VM_MAYSHARE) {
 		pgoff_t idx = vma_hugecache_offset(h, vma, addr);
 		region_add(&inode->i_mapping->private_list, idx, idx + 1);
 
@@ -1893,7 +1893,7 @@ retry_avoidcopy:
 	 * at the time of fork() could consume its reserves on COW instead
 	 * of the full address range.
 	 */
-	if (!(vma->vm_flags & VM_SHARED) &&
+	if (!(vma->vm_flags & VM_MAYSHARE) &&
 			is_vma_resv_set(vma, HPAGE_RESV_OWNER) &&
 			old_page != pagecache_page)
 		outside_reserve = 1;
@@ -2000,7 +2000,7 @@ retry:
 		clear_huge_page(page, address, huge_page_size(h));
 		__SetPageUptodate(page);
 
-		if (vma->vm_flags & VM_SHARED) {
+		if (vma->vm_flags & VM_MAYSHARE) {
 			int err;
 			struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
 
@@ -2104,7 +2104,7 @@ int hugetlb_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 			goto out_mutex;
 		}
 
-		if (!(vma->vm_flags & VM_SHARED))
+		if (!(vma->vm_flags & VM_MAYSHARE))
 			pagecache_page = hugetlbfs_pagecache_page(h,
 								vma, address);
 	}
@@ -2289,7 +2289,7 @@ int hugetlb_reserve_pages(struct inode *inode,
 	 * to reserve the full area even if read-only as mprotect() may be
 	 * called to make the mapping read-write. Assume !vma is a shm mapping
 	 */
-	if (!vma || vma->vm_flags & VM_SHARED)
+	if (!vma || vma->vm_flags & VM_MAYSHARE)
 		chg = region_chg(&inode->i_mapping->private_list, from, to);
 	else {
 		struct resv_map *resv_map = resv_map_alloc();
@@ -2330,7 +2330,7 @@ int hugetlb_reserve_pages(struct inode *inode,
 	 * consumed reservations are stored in the map. Hence, nothing
 	 * else has to be done for private mappings here
 	 */
-	if (!vma || vma->vm_flags & VM_SHARED)
+	if (!vma || vma->vm_flags & VM_MAYSHARE)
 		region_add(&inode->i_mapping->private_list, from, to);
 	return 0;
 }