diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index ffd6c6c..22dff49 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -657,9 +657,6 @@
 	validate_mm(mm);
 }
 
-/* Flags that can be inherited from an existing mapping when merging */
-#define VM_MERGEABLE_FLAGS (VM_CAN_NONLINEAR)
-
 /*
  * If the vma has a ->close operation then the driver probably needs to release
  * per-vma resources, so we don't attempt to merge those.
@@ -667,7 +664,8 @@
 static inline int is_mergeable_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 			struct file *file, unsigned long vm_flags)
 {
-	if ((vma->vm_flags ^ vm_flags) & ~VM_MERGEABLE_FLAGS)
+	/* VM_CAN_NONLINEAR may get set later by f_op->mmap() */
+	if ((vma->vm_flags ^ vm_flags) & ~VM_CAN_NONLINEAR)
 		return 0;
 	if (vma->vm_file != file)
 		return 0;