diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index 5b48adb4aa56..45ac5b973459 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -2240,7 +2240,8 @@ int expand_upwards(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address)
 		gap_addr = TASK_SIZE;
 
 	next = vma->vm_next;
-	if (next && next->vm_start < gap_addr) {
+	if (next && next->vm_start < gap_addr &&
+			(next->vm_flags & (VM_WRITE|VM_READ|VM_EXEC))) {
 		if (!(next->vm_flags & VM_GROWSUP))
 			return -ENOMEM;
 		/* Check that both stack segments have the same anon_vma? */
@@ -2324,7 +2325,8 @@ int expand_downwards(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	if (gap_addr > address)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	prev = vma->vm_prev;
-	if (prev && prev->vm_end > gap_addr) {
+	if (prev && prev->vm_end > gap_addr &&
+			(prev->vm_flags & (VM_WRITE|VM_READ|VM_EXEC))) {
 		if (!(prev->vm_flags & VM_GROWSDOWN))
 			return -ENOMEM;
 		/* Check that both stack segments have the same anon_vma? */