diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index d3a5915d3cfe..4385f3d639f2 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -361,6 +361,7 @@ struct vm_area_struct *vm_area_dup(struct vm_area_struct *orig)
 	if (new) {
 		*new = *orig;
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&new->anon_vma_chain);
+		new->vm_next = new->vm_prev = NULL;
 	}
 	return new;
 }
@@ -562,7 +563,6 @@ static __latent_entropy int dup_mmap(struct mm_struct *mm,
 		} else if (anon_vma_fork(tmp, mpnt))
 			goto fail_nomem_anon_vma_fork;
 		tmp->vm_flags &= ~(VM_LOCKED | VM_LOCKONFAULT);
-		tmp->vm_next = tmp->vm_prev = NULL;
 		file = tmp->vm_file;
 		if (file) {
 			struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);