diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index 288958f05f1c..081e6da8e1a4 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -829,7 +829,7 @@ again:			remove_next = 1 + (end > next->vm_end);
 		if (next->anon_vma)
 			anon_vma_merge(vma, next);
 		mm->map_count--;
-		mpol_put(vma_policy(next));
+		vma_set_policy(vma, vma_policy(next));
 		kmem_cache_free(vm_area_cachep, next);
 		/*
 		 * In mprotect's case 6 (see comments on vma_merge),