diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index 6e447544f07d..fc8581cefef7 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -3240,6 +3240,11 @@ struct vm_area_struct *copy_vma(struct vm_area_struct **vmap,
 out_vma_link:
 	if (new_vma->vm_ops && new_vma->vm_ops->close)
 		new_vma->vm_ops->close(new_vma);
+
+	if (new_vma->vm_file)
+		fput(new_vma->vm_file);
+
+	unlink_anon_vmas(new_vma);
 out_free_mempol:
 	mpol_put(vma_policy(new_vma));
 out_free_vma: