diff --git a/fs/binfmt_flat.c b/fs/binfmt_flat.c
index c8998dc66882..7974efa107bc 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_flat.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_flat.c
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ static int load_flat_file(struct linux_binprm * bprm,
 		DBG_FLT("BINFMT_FLAT: ROM mapping of file (we hope)\n");
 
 		down_write(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
-		textpos = do_mmap(bprm->file, 0, text_len, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_SHARED, 0);
+		textpos = do_mmap(bprm->file, 0, text_len, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE, 0);
 		up_write(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
 		if (!textpos  || textpos >= (unsigned long) -4096) {
 			if (!textpos)