diff --git a/drivers/android/binder_alloc.c b/drivers/android/binder_alloc.c
index 195f120c4e8c..bb929eb87116 100644
--- a/drivers/android/binder_alloc.c
+++ b/drivers/android/binder_alloc.c
@@ -931,8 +931,8 @@ enum lru_status binder_alloc_free_page(struct list_head *item,
 	mm = alloc->vma_vm_mm;
 	if (!mmget_not_zero(mm))
 		goto err_mmget;
-	if (!down_write_trylock(&mm->mmap_sem))
-		goto err_down_write_mmap_sem_failed;
+	if (!down_read_trylock(&mm->mmap_sem))
+		goto err_down_read_mmap_sem_failed;
 	vma = binder_alloc_get_vma(alloc);
 
 	list_lru_isolate(lru, item);
@@ -945,7 +945,7 @@ enum lru_status binder_alloc_free_page(struct list_head *item,
 
 		trace_binder_unmap_user_end(alloc, index);
 	}
-	up_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
+	up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
 	mmput(mm);
 
 	trace_binder_unmap_kernel_start(alloc, index);
@@ -959,7 +959,7 @@ enum lru_status binder_alloc_free_page(struct list_head *item,
 	mutex_unlock(&alloc->mutex);
 	return LRU_REMOVED_RETRY;
 
-err_down_write_mmap_sem_failed:
+err_down_read_mmap_sem_failed:
 	mmput_async(mm);
 err_mmget:
 err_page_already_freed: