diff --git a/mm/rmap.c b/mm/rmap.c
index b730a4409be6..705bfc8e6fcd 100644
--- a/mm/rmap.c
+++ b/mm/rmap.c
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ static inline void anon_vma_free(struct anon_vma *anon_vma)
 	 * LOCK should suffice since the actual taking of the lock must
 	 * happen _before_ what follows.
 	 */
+	might_sleep();
 	if (rwsem_is_locked(&anon_vma->root->rwsem)) {
 		anon_vma_lock_write(anon_vma);
 		anon_vma_unlock_write(anon_vma);
@@ -426,8 +427,9 @@ struct anon_vma *page_get_anon_vma(struct page *page)
 	 * above cannot corrupt).
 	 */
 	if (!page_mapped(page)) {
+		rcu_read_unlock();
 		put_anon_vma(anon_vma);
-		anon_vma = NULL;
+		return NULL;
 	}
 out:
 	rcu_read_unlock();
@@ -477,9 +479,9 @@ struct anon_vma *page_lock_anon_vma_read(struct page *page)
 	}
 
 	if (!page_mapped(page)) {
+		rcu_read_unlock();
 		put_anon_vma(anon_vma);
-		anon_vma = NULL;
-		goto out;
+		return NULL;
 	}
 
 	/* we pinned the anon_vma, its safe to sleep */