diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index e158f7ac6730..c717b5bcc80e 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -3910,8 +3910,18 @@ int handle_mm_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
 	 * further.
 	 */
 	if (unlikely((current->flags & PF_KTHREAD) && !(ret & VM_FAULT_ERROR)
-				&& test_bit(MMF_UNSTABLE, &vma->vm_mm->flags)))
+				&& test_bit(MMF_UNSTABLE, &vma->vm_mm->flags))) {
+
+		/*
+		 * We are going to enforce SIGBUS but the PF path might have
+		 * dropped the mmap_sem already so take it again so that
+		 * we do not break expectations of all arch specific PF paths
+		 * and g-u-p
+		 */
+		if (ret & VM_FAULT_RETRY)
+			down_read(&vma->vm_mm->mmap_sem);
 		ret = VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
+	}
 
 	return ret;
 }