diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index 7b36aa7cc89a..0bb74ca2139d 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -2099,14 +2099,17 @@ static int acct_stack_growth(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long size, uns
 {
 	struct mm_struct *mm = vma->vm_mm;
 	struct rlimit *rlim = current->signal->rlim;
-	unsigned long new_start;
+	unsigned long new_start, actual_size;
 
 	/* address space limit tests */
 	if (!may_expand_vm(mm, grow))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	/* Stack limit test */
-	if (size > ACCESS_ONCE(rlim[RLIMIT_STACK].rlim_cur))
+	actual_size = size;
+	if (size && (vma->vm_flags & (VM_GROWSUP | VM_GROWSDOWN)))
+		actual_size -= PAGE_SIZE;
+	if (actual_size > ACCESS_ONCE(rlim[RLIMIT_STACK].rlim_cur))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	/* mlock limit tests */