diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 7c521a6ec7c6..0bbc1d612a63 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -4053,6 +4053,11 @@ int handle_mm_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
 	/* do counter updates before entering really critical section. */
 	check_sync_rss_stat(current);
 
+	if (!arch_vma_access_permitted(vma, flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE,
+					    flags & FAULT_FLAG_INSTRUCTION,
+					    flags & FAULT_FLAG_REMOTE))
+		return VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV;
+
 	/*
 	 * Enable the memcg OOM handling for faults triggered in user
 	 * space.  Kernel faults are handled more gracefully.
@@ -4060,11 +4065,6 @@ int handle_mm_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
 	if (flags & FAULT_FLAG_USER)
 		mem_cgroup_oom_enable();
 
-	if (!arch_vma_access_permitted(vma, flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE,
-					    flags & FAULT_FLAG_INSTRUCTION,
-					    flags & FAULT_FLAG_REMOTE))
-		return VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV;
-
 	if (unlikely(is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma)))
 		ret = hugetlb_fault(vma->vm_mm, vma, address, flags);
 	else