diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_file.c b/fs/9p/vfs_file.c
index 4cc966a31cb3..fe7f0bd2048e 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_file.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_file.c
@@ -513,6 +513,7 @@ v9fs_mmap_file_mmap(struct file *filp, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 	v9inode = V9FS_I(inode);
 	mutex_lock(&v9inode->v_mutex);
 	if (!v9inode->writeback_fid &&
+	    (vma->vm_flags & VM_SHARED) &&
 	    (vma->vm_flags & VM_WRITE)) {
 		/*
 		 * clone a fid and add it to writeback_fid
@@ -614,6 +615,8 @@ static void v9fs_mmap_vm_close(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 			(vma->vm_end - vma->vm_start - 1),
 	};
 
+	if (!(vma->vm_flags & VM_SHARED))
+		return;
 
 	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "9p VMA close, %p, flushing", vma);