diff --git a/kernel/futex.c b/kernel/futex.c
index 08ac7009488b..bae542e4b2e9 100644
--- a/kernel/futex.c
+++ b/kernel/futex.c
@@ -520,7 +520,20 @@ again:
 	else
 		err = 0;
 
-	lock_page(page);
+	/*
+	 * The treatment of mapping from this point on is critical. The page
+	 * lock protects many things but in this context the page lock
+	 * stabilizes mapping, prevents inode freeing in the shared
+	 * file-backed region case and guards against movement to swap cache.
+	 *
+	 * Strictly speaking the page lock is not needed in all cases being
+	 * considered here and page lock forces unnecessarily serialization
+	 * From this point on, mapping will be re-verified if necessary and
+	 * page lock will be acquired only if it is unavoidable
+	 */
+	page = compound_head(page);
+	mapping = READ_ONCE(page->mapping);
+
 	/*
 	 * If page->mapping is NULL, then it cannot be a PageAnon
 	 * page; but it might be the ZERO_PAGE or in the gate area or
@@ -536,19 +549,31 @@ again:
 	 * shmem_writepage move it from filecache to swapcache beneath us:
 	 * an unlikely race, but we do need to retry for page->mapping.
 	 */
-	mapping = compound_head(page)->mapping;
-	if (!mapping) {
-		int shmem_swizzled = PageSwapCache(page);
+	if (unlikely(!mapping)) {
+		int shmem_swizzled;
+
+		/*
+		 * Page lock is required to identify which special case above
+		 * applies. If this is really a shmem page then the page lock
+		 * will prevent unexpected transitions.
+		 */
+		lock_page(page);
+		shmem_swizzled = PageSwapCache(page) || page->mapping;
 		unlock_page(page);
 		put_page(page);
+
 		if (shmem_swizzled)
 			goto again;
+
 		return -EFAULT;
 	}
 
 	/*
 	 * Private mappings are handled in a simple way.
 	 *
+	 * If the futex key is stored on an anonymous page, then the associated
+	 * object is the mm which is implicitly pinned by the calling process.
+	 *
 	 * NOTE: When userspace waits on a MAP_SHARED mapping, even if
 	 * it's a read-only handle, it's expected that futexes attach to
 	 * the object not the particular process.
@@ -566,16 +591,74 @@ again:
 		key->both.offset |= FUT_OFF_MMSHARED; /* ref taken on mm */
 		key->private.mm = mm;
 		key->private.address = address;
+
+		get_futex_key_refs(key); /* implies smp_mb(); (B) */
+
 	} else {
+		struct inode *inode;
+
+		/*
+		 * The associated futex object in this case is the inode and
+		 * the page->mapping must be traversed. Ordinarily this should
+		 * be stabilised under page lock but it's not strictly
+		 * necessary in this case as we just want to pin the inode, not
+		 * update the radix tree or anything like that.
+		 *
+		 * The RCU read lock is taken as the inode is finally freed
+		 * under RCU. If the mapping still matches expectations then the
+		 * mapping->host can be safely accessed as being a valid inode.
+		 */
+		rcu_read_lock();
+
+		if (READ_ONCE(page->mapping) != mapping) {
+			rcu_read_unlock();
+			put_page(page);
+
+			goto again;
+		}
+
+		inode = READ_ONCE(mapping->host);
+		if (!inode) {
+			rcu_read_unlock();
+			put_page(page);
+
+			goto again;
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * Take a reference unless it is about to be freed. Previously
+		 * this reference was taken by ihold under the page lock
+		 * pinning the inode in place so i_lock was unnecessary. The
+		 * only way for this check to fail is if the inode was
+		 * truncated in parallel so warn for now if this happens.
+		 *
+		 * We are not calling into get_futex_key_refs() in file-backed
+		 * cases, therefore a successful atomic_inc return below will
+		 * guarantee that get_futex_key() will still imply smp_mb(); (B).
+		 */
+		if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!atomic_inc_not_zero(&inode->i_count))) {
+			rcu_read_unlock();
+			put_page(page);
+
+			goto again;
+		}
+
+		/* Should be impossible but lets be paranoid for now */
+		if (WARN_ON_ONCE(inode->i_mapping != mapping)) {
+			err = -EFAULT;
+			rcu_read_unlock();
+			iput(inode);
+
+			goto out;
+		}
+
 		key->both.offset |= FUT_OFF_INODE; /* inode-based key */
-		key->shared.inode = mapping->host;
+		key->shared.inode = inode;
 		key->shared.pgoff = basepage_index(page);
+		rcu_read_unlock();
 	}
 
-	get_futex_key_refs(key); /* implies smp_mb(); (B) */
-
 out:
-	unlock_page(page);
 	put_page(page);
 	return err;
 }