diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index e132f70a059e..7d36dd95d1ff 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -802,8 +802,10 @@ static int mbind_range(struct vma_iterator *vmi, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		vmstart = vma->vm_start;
 	}
 
-	if (mpol_equal(vma_policy(vma), new_pol))
+	if (mpol_equal(vma_policy(vma), new_pol)) {
+		*prev = vma;
 		return 0;
+	}
 
 	pgoff = vma->vm_pgoff + ((vmstart - vma->vm_start) >> PAGE_SHIFT);
 	merged = vma_merge(vma->vm_mm, *prev, vmstart, vmend, vma->vm_flags,