diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index 8394901c35b4..d3765dcd9a15 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -912,10 +912,11 @@ struct vm_area_struct *vma_merge(struct vma_iterator *vmi, struct mm_struct *mm,
 	if (vm_flags & VM_SPECIAL)
 		return NULL;
 
-	next = find_vma(mm, prev ? prev->vm_end : 0);
-	mid = next;
-	if (next && next->vm_end == end)		/* cases 6, 7, 8 */
-		next = find_vma(mm, next->vm_end);
+	mid = find_vma(mm, prev ? prev->vm_end : 0);
+	if (mid && mid->vm_end == end)			/* cases 6, 7, 8 */
+		next = find_vma(mm, mid->vm_end);
+	else
+		next = mid;
 
 	/* verify some invariant that must be enforced by the caller */
 	VM_WARN_ON(prev && addr <= prev->vm_start);