diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig
index 675a8660cb85a033792d9622040ea48a8b800cb0..6796d839bcfdf9bcec287981078015dff8137ce3 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ config MIPS
 	select HAVE_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_GEN if 64BIT || !SMP
 	select IRQ_FORCED_THREADING
 	select ISA if EISA
+	select LOCK_MM_AND_FIND_VMA
 	select MODULES_USE_ELF_REL if MODULES
 	select MODULES_USE_ELF_RELA if MODULES && 64BIT
 	select PERF_USE_VMALLOC
diff --git a/arch/mips/mm/fault.c b/arch/mips/mm/fault.c
index a27045f5a556dfead73cef3c54151674a8565152..d7878208bd3fa9f63e53b491a16e613e1c3e899f 100644
--- a/arch/mips/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/mips/mm/fault.c
@@ -99,21 +99,13 @@ static void __do_page_fault(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long write,
 
 	perf_sw_event(PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS, 1, regs, address);
 retry:
-	mmap_read_lock(mm);
-	vma = find_vma(mm, address);
+	vma = lock_mm_and_find_vma(mm, address, regs);
 	if (!vma)
-		goto bad_area;
-	if (vma->vm_start <= address)
-		goto good_area;
-	if (!(vma->vm_flags & VM_GROWSDOWN))
-		goto bad_area;
-	if (expand_stack(vma, address))
-		goto bad_area;
+		goto bad_area_nosemaphore;
 /*
  * Ok, we have a good vm_area for this memory access, so
  * we can handle it..
  */
-good_area:
 	si_code = SEGV_ACCERR;
 
 	if (write) {