diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index 52b2f6e16f6f..52a2373d0ed4 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -2918,7 +2918,7 @@ struct vm_area_struct *copy_vma(struct vm_area_struct **vmap,
 	 * If anonymous vma has not yet been faulted, update new pgoff
 	 * to match new location, to increase its chance of merging.
 	 */
-	if (unlikely(!vma->vm_file && !vma->anon_vma)) {
+	if (unlikely(vma_is_anonymous(vma) && !vma->anon_vma)) {
 		pgoff = addr >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 		faulted_in_anon_vma = false;
 	}