diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index cdef6cea8900..b65187f0c74e 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -208,8 +208,10 @@ static inline int dup_mmap(struct mm_struct * mm, struct mm_struct * oldmm)
 		struct file *file;
 
 		if (mpnt->vm_flags & VM_DONTCOPY) {
+			long pages = vma_pages(mpnt);
+			mm->total_vm -= pages;
 			__vm_stat_account(mm, mpnt->vm_flags, mpnt->vm_file,
-							-vma_pages(mpnt));
+								-pages);
 			continue;
 		}
 		charge = 0;