diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index eaf7f23b05f6..0b0c90b5e9d5 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -397,7 +397,9 @@ void free_pgtables(struct mmu_gather *tlb, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		 * Hide vma from rmap and truncate_pagecache before freeing
 		 * pgtables
 		 */
+		vm_write_begin(vma);
 		unlink_anon_vmas(vma);
+		vm_write_end(vma);
 		unlink_file_vma(vma);
 
 		if (is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma)) {
@@ -411,7 +413,9 @@ void free_pgtables(struct mmu_gather *tlb, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 			       && !is_vm_hugetlb_page(next)) {
 				vma = next;
 				next = vma->vm_next;
+				vm_write_begin(vma);
 				unlink_anon_vmas(vma);
+				vm_write_end(vma);
 				unlink_file_vma(vma);
 			}
 			free_pgd_range(tlb, addr, vma->vm_end,