diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index 64d014f940e9..2815cb79a246 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -2390,28 +2390,92 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_file_read_iter);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MMU
 #define MMAP_LOTSAMISS  (100)
+static struct file *maybe_unlock_mmap_for_io(struct vm_fault *vmf,
+					     struct file *fpin)
+{
+	int flags = vmf->flags;
+
+	if (fpin)
+		return fpin;
+
+	/*
+	 * FAULT_FLAG_RETRY_NOWAIT means we don't want to wait on page locks or
+	 * anything, so we only pin the file and drop the mmap_sem if only
+	 * FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY is set.
+	 */
+	if ((flags & (FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY | FAULT_FLAG_RETRY_NOWAIT)) ==
+	    FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY) {
+		fpin = get_file(vmf->vma->vm_file);
+		up_read(&vmf->vma->vm_mm->mmap_sem);
+	}
+	return fpin;
+}
 
 /*
- * Synchronous readahead happens when we don't even find
- * a page in the page cache at all.
+ * lock_page_maybe_drop_mmap - lock the page, possibly dropping the mmap_sem
+ * @vmf - the vm_fault for this fault.
+ * @page - the page to lock.
+ * @fpin - the pointer to the file we may pin (or is already pinned).
+ *
+ * This works similar to lock_page_or_retry in that it can drop the mmap_sem.
+ * It differs in that it actually returns the page locked if it returns 1 and 0
+ * if it couldn't lock the page.  If we did have to drop the mmap_sem then fpin
+ * will point to the pinned file and needs to be fput()'ed at a later point.
  */
-static void do_sync_mmap_readahead(struct vm_fault *vmf)
+static int lock_page_maybe_drop_mmap(struct vm_fault *vmf, struct page *page,
+				     struct file **fpin)
+{
+	if (trylock_page(page))
+		return 1;
+
+	if (vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_RETRY_NOWAIT)
+		return 0;
+
+	*fpin = maybe_unlock_mmap_for_io(vmf, *fpin);
+	if (vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_KILLABLE) {
+		if (__lock_page_killable(page)) {
+			/*
+			 * We didn't have the right flags to drop the mmap_sem,
+			 * but all fault_handlers only check for fatal signals
+			 * if we return VM_FAULT_RETRY, so we need to drop the
+			 * mmap_sem here and return 0 if we don't have a fpin.
+			 */
+			if (*fpin == NULL)
+				up_read(&vmf->vma->vm_mm->mmap_sem);
+			return 0;
+		}
+	} else
+		__lock_page(page);
+	return 1;
+}
+
+
+/*
+ * Synchronous readahead happens when we don't even find a page in the page
+ * cache at all.  We don't want to perform IO under the mmap sem, so if we have
+ * to drop the mmap sem we return the file that was pinned in order for us to do
+ * that.  If we didn't pin a file then we return NULL.  The file that is
+ * returned needs to be fput()'ed when we're done with it.
+ */
+static struct file *do_sync_mmap_readahead(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 {
 	struct file *file = vmf->vma->vm_file;
 	struct file_ra_state *ra = &file->f_ra;
 	struct address_space *mapping = file->f_mapping;
+	struct file *fpin = NULL;
 	pgoff_t offset = vmf->pgoff;
 
 	/* If we don't want any read-ahead, don't bother */
 	if (vmf->vma->vm_flags & VM_RAND_READ)
-		return;
+		return fpin;
 	if (!ra->ra_pages)
-		return;
+		return fpin;
 
 	if (vmf->vma->vm_flags & VM_SEQ_READ) {
+		fpin = maybe_unlock_mmap_for_io(vmf, fpin);
 		page_cache_sync_readahead(mapping, ra, file, offset,
 					  ra->ra_pages);
-		return;
+		return fpin;
 	}
 
 	/* Avoid banging the cache line if not needed */
@@ -2423,37 +2487,44 @@ static void do_sync_mmap_readahead(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 	 * stop bothering with read-ahead. It will only hurt.
 	 */
 	if (ra->mmap_miss > MMAP_LOTSAMISS)
-		return;
+		return fpin;
 
 	/*
 	 * mmap read-around
 	 */
+	fpin = maybe_unlock_mmap_for_io(vmf, fpin);
 	ra->start = max_t(long, 0, offset - ra->ra_pages / 2);
 	ra->size = ra->ra_pages;
 	ra->async_size = ra->ra_pages / 4;
 	ra_submit(ra, mapping, file);
+	return fpin;
 }
 
 /*
  * Asynchronous readahead happens when we find the page and PG_readahead,
- * so we want to possibly extend the readahead further..
+ * so we want to possibly extend the readahead further.  We return the file that
+ * was pinned if we have to drop the mmap_sem in order to do IO.
  */
-static void do_async_mmap_readahead(struct vm_fault *vmf,
-				    struct page *page)
+static struct file *do_async_mmap_readahead(struct vm_fault *vmf,
+					    struct page *page)
 {
 	struct file *file = vmf->vma->vm_file;
 	struct file_ra_state *ra = &file->f_ra;
 	struct address_space *mapping = file->f_mapping;
+	struct file *fpin = NULL;
 	pgoff_t offset = vmf->pgoff;
 
 	/* If we don't want any read-ahead, don't bother */
 	if (vmf->vma->vm_flags & VM_RAND_READ)
-		return;
+		return fpin;
 	if (ra->mmap_miss > 0)
 		ra->mmap_miss--;
-	if (PageReadahead(page))
+	if (PageReadahead(page)) {
+		fpin = maybe_unlock_mmap_for_io(vmf, fpin);
 		page_cache_async_readahead(mapping, ra, file,
 					   page, offset, ra->ra_pages);
+	}
+	return fpin;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -2485,6 +2556,7 @@ vm_fault_t filemap_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 {
 	int error;
 	struct file *file = vmf->vma->vm_file;
+	struct file *fpin = NULL;
 	struct address_space *mapping = file->f_mapping;
 	struct file_ra_state *ra = &file->f_ra;
 	struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
@@ -2506,25 +2578,26 @@ vm_fault_t filemap_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 		 * We found the page, so try async readahead before
 		 * waiting for the lock.
 		 */
-		do_async_mmap_readahead(vmf, page);
+		fpin = do_async_mmap_readahead(vmf, page);
 	} else if (!page) {
 		/* No page in the page cache at all */
-		do_sync_mmap_readahead(vmf);
 		count_vm_event(PGMAJFAULT);
 		count_memcg_event_mm(vmf->vma->vm_mm, PGMAJFAULT);
 		ret = VM_FAULT_MAJOR;
+		fpin = do_sync_mmap_readahead(vmf);
 retry_find:
 		page = pagecache_get_page(mapping, offset,
 					  FGP_CREAT|FGP_FOR_MMAP,
 					  vmf->gfp_mask);
-		if (!page)
+		if (!page) {
+			if (fpin)
+				goto out_retry;
 			return vmf_error(-ENOMEM);
+		}
 	}
 
-	if (!lock_page_or_retry(page, vmf->vma->vm_mm, vmf->flags)) {
-		put_page(page);
-		return ret | VM_FAULT_RETRY;
-	}
+	if (!lock_page_maybe_drop_mmap(vmf, page, &fpin))
+		goto out_retry;
 
 	/* Did it get truncated? */
 	if (unlikely(page->mapping != mapping)) {
@@ -2541,6 +2614,16 @@ retry_find:
 	if (unlikely(!PageUptodate(page)))
 		goto page_not_uptodate;
 
+	/*
+	 * We've made it this far and we had to drop our mmap_sem, now is the
+	 * time to return to the upper layer and have it re-find the vma and
+	 * redo the fault.
+	 */
+	if (fpin) {
+		unlock_page(page);
+		goto out_retry;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * Found the page and have a reference on it.
 	 * We must recheck i_size under page lock.
@@ -2563,12 +2646,15 @@ page_not_uptodate:
 	 * and we need to check for errors.
 	 */
 	ClearPageError(page);
+	fpin = maybe_unlock_mmap_for_io(vmf, fpin);
 	error = mapping->a_ops->readpage(file, page);
 	if (!error) {
 		wait_on_page_locked(page);
 		if (!PageUptodate(page))
 			error = -EIO;
 	}
+	if (fpin)
+		goto out_retry;
 	put_page(page);
 
 	if (!error || error == AOP_TRUNCATED_PAGE)
@@ -2577,6 +2663,18 @@ page_not_uptodate:
 	/* Things didn't work out. Return zero to tell the mm layer so. */
 	shrink_readahead_size_eio(file, ra);
 	return VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
+
+out_retry:
+	/*
+	 * We dropped the mmap_sem, we need to return to the fault handler to
+	 * re-find the vma and come back and find our hopefully still populated
+	 * page.
+	 */
+	if (page)
+		put_page(page);
+	if (fpin)
+		fput(fpin);
+	return ret | VM_FAULT_RETRY;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(filemap_fault);