diff --git a/mm/nommu.c b/mm/nommu.c
index fdc392735ec6..c072a660ec2c 100644
--- a/mm/nommu.c
+++ b/mm/nommu.c
@@ -637,8 +637,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(find_vma);
 struct vm_area_struct *lock_mm_and_find_vma(struct mm_struct *mm,
 			unsigned long addr, struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
+	struct vm_area_struct *vma;
+
 	mmap_read_lock(mm);
-	return vma_lookup(mm, addr);
+	vma = vma_lookup(mm, addr);
+	if (!vma)
+		mmap_read_unlock(mm);
+	return vma;
 }
 
 /*