diff --git a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
index 01d4eb0e6bd1..2bf210229daf 100644
--- a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
+++ b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
@@ -166,7 +166,11 @@ static void *m_start(struct seq_file *m, loff_t *ppos)
 	if (!mm || !mmget_not_zero(mm))
 		return NULL;
 
-	down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
+	if (down_read_killable(&mm->mmap_sem)) {
+		mmput(mm);
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINTR);
+	}
+
 	hold_task_mempolicy(priv);
 	priv->tail_vma = get_gate_vma(mm);
 
diff --git a/fs/proc/task_nommu.c b/fs/proc/task_nommu.c
index 36bf0f2e102e..7907e6419e57 100644
--- a/fs/proc/task_nommu.c
+++ b/fs/proc/task_nommu.c
@@ -211,7 +211,11 @@ static void *m_start(struct seq_file *m, loff_t *pos)
 	if (!mm || !mmget_not_zero(mm))
 		return NULL;
 
-	down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
+	if (down_read_killable(&mm->mmap_sem)) {
+		mmput(mm);
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINTR);
+	}
+
 	/* start from the Nth VMA */
 	for (p = rb_first(&mm->mm_rb); p; p = rb_next(p))
 		if (n-- == 0)