diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/vvp_io.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/vvp_io.c
index 0e0b404cb5e6..04230edc1778 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/vvp_io.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/vvp_io.c
@@ -269,8 +269,10 @@ static int vvp_mmap_locks(const struct lu_env *env,
 			       descr->cld_mode, descr->cld_start,
 			       descr->cld_end);
 
-			if (result < 0)
+			if (result < 0) {
+				up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
 				return result;
+			}
 
 			if (vma->vm_end - addr >= count)
 				break;