diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c
index d5252ae6c520..09ecbde91c13 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -617,17 +617,28 @@ struct bts_context {
 	struct work_struct	work;
 };
 
-static inline void alloc_bts_buffer(struct bts_context *context,
-				    unsigned int size)
+static int alloc_bts_buffer(struct bts_context *context, unsigned int size)
 {
-	void *buffer;
+	void *buffer = NULL;
+	int err = -ENOMEM;
 
-	buffer = alloc_locked_buffer(size);
-	if (buffer) {
-		context->buffer = buffer;
-		context->size = size;
-		context->mm = get_task_mm(current);
-	}
+	err = account_locked_memory(current->mm, current->signal->rlim, size);
+	if (err < 0)
+		return err;
+
+	buffer = kzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!buffer)
+		goto out_refund;
+
+	context->buffer = buffer;
+	context->size = size;
+	context->mm = get_task_mm(current);
+
+	return 0;
+
+ out_refund:
+	refund_locked_memory(current->mm, size);
+	return err;
 }
 
 static inline void free_bts_buffer(struct bts_context *context)
@@ -638,7 +649,7 @@ static inline void free_bts_buffer(struct bts_context *context)
 	kfree(context->buffer);
 	context->buffer = NULL;
 
-	refund_locked_buffer_memory(context->mm, context->size);
+	refund_locked_memory(context->mm, context->size);
 	context->size = 0;
 
 	mmput(context->mm);
@@ -786,13 +797,15 @@ static int ptrace_bts_config(struct task_struct *child,
 	context->tracer = NULL;
 
 	if ((cfg.flags & PTRACE_BTS_O_ALLOC) && (cfg.size != context->size)) {
+		int err;
+
 		free_bts_buffer(context);
 		if (!cfg.size)
 			return 0;
 
-		alloc_bts_buffer(context, cfg.size);
-		if (!context->buffer)
-			return -ENOMEM;
+		err = alloc_bts_buffer(context, cfg.size);
+		if (err < 0)
+			return err;
 	}
 
 	if (cfg.flags & PTRACE_BTS_O_TRACE)
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index a3963ba23a6d..009eabd3c21c 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ struct anon_vma;
 struct file_ra_state;
 struct user_struct;
 struct writeback_control;
+struct rlimit;
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_DISCONTIGMEM          /* Don't use mapnrs, do it properly */
 extern unsigned long max_mapnr;
@@ -1319,7 +1320,8 @@ int vmemmap_populate_basepages(struct page *start_page,
 int vmemmap_populate(struct page *start_page, unsigned long pages, int node);
 void vmemmap_populate_print_last(void);
 
-extern void *alloc_locked_buffer(size_t size);
-extern void refund_locked_buffer_memory(struct mm_struct *mm, size_t size);
+extern int account_locked_memory(struct mm_struct *mm, struct rlimit *rlim,
+				 size_t size);
+extern void refund_locked_memory(struct mm_struct *mm, size_t size);
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 #endif /* _LINUX_MM_H */
diff --git a/mm/mlock.c b/mm/mlock.c
index 28be15ead9c1..ac130433c7d3 100644
--- a/mm/mlock.c
+++ b/mm/mlock.c
@@ -629,38 +629,36 @@ void user_shm_unlock(size_t size, struct user_struct *user)
 	free_uid(user);
 }
 
-void *alloc_locked_buffer(size_t size)
+int account_locked_memory(struct mm_struct *mm, struct rlimit *rlim,
+			  size_t size)
 {
-	unsigned long rlim, vm, pgsz;
-	void *buffer = NULL;
+	unsigned long lim, vm, pgsz;
+	int error = -ENOMEM;
 
 	pgsz = PAGE_ALIGN(size) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 
-	down_write(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
+	down_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
 
-	rlim = current->signal->rlim[RLIMIT_AS].rlim_cur >> PAGE_SHIFT;
-	vm   = current->mm->total_vm + pgsz;
-	if (rlim < vm)
+	lim = rlim[RLIMIT_AS].rlim_cur >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+	vm   = mm->total_vm + pgsz;
+	if (lim < vm)
 		goto out;
 
-	rlim = current->signal->rlim[RLIMIT_MEMLOCK].rlim_cur >> PAGE_SHIFT;
-	vm   = current->mm->locked_vm + pgsz;
-	if (rlim < vm)
+	lim = rlim[RLIMIT_MEMLOCK].rlim_cur >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+	vm   = mm->locked_vm + pgsz;
+	if (lim < vm)
 		goto out;
 
-	buffer = kzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!buffer)
-		goto out;
-
-	current->mm->total_vm  += pgsz;
-	current->mm->locked_vm += pgsz;
+	mm->total_vm  += pgsz;
+	mm->locked_vm += pgsz;
 
+	error = 0;
  out:
-	up_write(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
-	return buffer;
+	up_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
+	return error;
 }
 
-void refund_locked_buffer_memory(struct mm_struct *mm, size_t size)
+void refund_locked_memory(struct mm_struct *mm, size_t size)
 {
 	unsigned long pgsz = PAGE_ALIGN(size) >> PAGE_SHIFT;