diff --git a/drivers/char/mem.c b/drivers/char/mem.c
index 089020e..4f1813e 100644
--- a/drivers/char/mem.c
+++ b/drivers/char/mem.c
@@ -646,7 +646,8 @@
 			count = size;
 
 		zap_page_range(vma, addr, count, NULL);
-        	zeromap_page_range(vma, addr, count, PAGE_COPY);
+        	if (zeromap_page_range(vma, addr, count, PAGE_COPY))
+			break;
 
 		size -= count;
 		buf += count;
@@ -713,11 +714,14 @@
 
 static int mmap_zero(struct file * file, struct vm_area_struct * vma)
 {
+	int err;
+
 	if (vma->vm_flags & VM_SHARED)
 		return shmem_zero_setup(vma);
-	if (zeromap_page_range(vma, vma->vm_start, vma->vm_end - vma->vm_start, vma->vm_page_prot))
-		return -EAGAIN;
-	return 0;
+	err = zeromap_page_range(vma, vma->vm_start,
+			vma->vm_end - vma->vm_start, vma->vm_page_prot);
+	BUG_ON(err == -EEXIST);
+	return err;
 }
 #else /* CONFIG_MMU */
 static ssize_t read_zero(struct file * file, char * buf, 
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 4198df0..bf61002 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -1110,23 +1110,29 @@
 {
 	pte_t *pte;
 	spinlock_t *ptl;
+	int err = 0;
 
 	pte = pte_alloc_map_lock(mm, pmd, addr, &ptl);
 	if (!pte)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+		return -EAGAIN;
 	arch_enter_lazy_mmu_mode();
 	do {
 		struct page *page = ZERO_PAGE(addr);
 		pte_t zero_pte = pte_wrprotect(mk_pte(page, prot));
+
+		if (unlikely(!pte_none(*pte))) {
+			err = -EEXIST;
+			pte++;
+			break;
+		}
 		page_cache_get(page);
 		page_add_file_rmap(page);
 		inc_mm_counter(mm, file_rss);
-		BUG_ON(!pte_none(*pte));
 		set_pte_at(mm, addr, pte, zero_pte);
 	} while (pte++, addr += PAGE_SIZE, addr != end);
 	arch_leave_lazy_mmu_mode();
 	pte_unmap_unlock(pte - 1, ptl);
-	return 0;
+	return err;
 }
 
 static inline int zeromap_pmd_range(struct mm_struct *mm, pud_t *pud,
@@ -1134,16 +1140,18 @@
 {
 	pmd_t *pmd;
 	unsigned long next;
+	int err;
 
 	pmd = pmd_alloc(mm, pud, addr);
 	if (!pmd)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+		return -EAGAIN;
 	do {
 		next = pmd_addr_end(addr, end);
-		if (zeromap_pte_range(mm, pmd, addr, next, prot))
-			return -ENOMEM;
+		err = zeromap_pte_range(mm, pmd, addr, next, prot);
+		if (err)
+			break;
 	} while (pmd++, addr = next, addr != end);
-	return 0;
+	return err;
 }
 
 static inline int zeromap_pud_range(struct mm_struct *mm, pgd_t *pgd,
@@ -1151,16 +1159,18 @@
 {
 	pud_t *pud;
 	unsigned long next;
+	int err;
 
 	pud = pud_alloc(mm, pgd, addr);
 	if (!pud)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+		return -EAGAIN;
 	do {
 		next = pud_addr_end(addr, end);
-		if (zeromap_pmd_range(mm, pud, addr, next, prot))
-			return -ENOMEM;
+		err = zeromap_pmd_range(mm, pud, addr, next, prot);
+		if (err)
+			break;
 	} while (pud++, addr = next, addr != end);
-	return 0;
+	return err;
 }
 
 int zeromap_page_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma,