diff --git a/mm/mremap.c b/mm/mremap.c
index cc06d0e..5588bb6 100644
--- a/mm/mremap.c
+++ b/mm/mremap.c
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
 		unsigned long new_addr)
 {
 	struct address_space *mapping = NULL;
+	struct anon_vma *anon_vma = vma->anon_vma;
 	struct mm_struct *mm = vma->vm_mm;
 	pte_t *old_pte, *new_pte, pte;
 	spinlock_t *old_ptl, *new_ptl;
@@ -88,6 +89,8 @@
 		mapping = vma->vm_file->f_mapping;
 		mutex_lock(&mapping->i_mmap_mutex);
 	}
+	if (anon_vma)
+		anon_vma_lock(anon_vma);
 
 	/*
 	 * We don't have to worry about the ordering of src and dst
@@ -114,6 +117,8 @@
 		spin_unlock(new_ptl);
 	pte_unmap(new_pte - 1);
 	pte_unmap_unlock(old_pte - 1, old_ptl);
+	if (anon_vma)
+		anon_vma_unlock(anon_vma);
 	if (mapping)
 		mutex_unlock(&mapping->i_mmap_mutex);
 }
@@ -221,15 +226,6 @@
 	moved_len = move_page_tables(vma, old_addr, new_vma, new_addr, old_len);
 	if (moved_len < old_len) {
 		/*
-		 * Before moving the page tables from the new vma to
-		 * the old vma, we need to be sure the old vma is
-		 * queued after new vma in the same_anon_vma list to
-		 * prevent SMP races with rmap_walk (that could lead
-		 * rmap_walk to miss some page table).
-		 */
-		anon_vma_moveto_tail(vma);
-
-		/*
 		 * On error, move entries back from new area to old,
 		 * which will succeed since page tables still there,
 		 * and then proceed to unmap new area instead of old.