diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index 99d5867daadb..16a3d7044c52 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -2274,6 +2274,16 @@ static int shmem_mfill_atomic_pte(struct mm_struct *dst_mm,
 	_dst_pte = mk_pte(page, dst_vma->vm_page_prot);
 	if (dst_vma->vm_flags & VM_WRITE)
 		_dst_pte = pte_mkwrite(pte_mkdirty(_dst_pte));
+	else {
+		/*
+		 * We don't set the pte dirty if the vma has no
+		 * VM_WRITE permission, so mark the page dirty or it
+		 * could be freed from under us. We could do it
+		 * unconditionally before unlock_page(), but doing it
+		 * only if VM_WRITE is not set is faster.
+		 */
+		set_page_dirty(page);
+	}
 
 	dst_pte = pte_offset_map_lock(dst_mm, dst_pmd, dst_addr, &ptl);
 
@@ -2307,6 +2317,7 @@ out:
 	return ret;
 out_release_uncharge_unlock:
 	pte_unmap_unlock(dst_pte, ptl);
+	ClearPageDirty(page);
 	delete_from_page_cache(page);
 out_release_uncharge:
 	mem_cgroup_cancel_charge(page, memcg, false);