diff --git a/mm/gup.c b/mm/gup.c
index ae096ea7583fe72bfebfd2378914e04901d1d4a4..2d4b9433843e4c243d82f4048f8f6ea29d278f5f 100644
--- a/mm/gup.c
+++ b/mm/gup.c
@@ -843,7 +843,7 @@ static int get_gate_page(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address,
 			goto unmap;
 		*page = pte_page(*pte);
 	}
-	if (unlikely(!try_get_page(*page))) {
+	if (unlikely(!try_grab_page(*page, gup_flags))) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto unmap;
 	}
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/x86/test_vsyscall.c b/tools/testing/selftests/x86/test_vsyscall.c
index c41f24b517f401c34fab8ae05a9d4ddf481eaa0b..65c141ebfbbde8ded6f4d9af1ebe879a616b6e95 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/x86/test_vsyscall.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/x86/test_vsyscall.c
@@ -462,6 +462,17 @@ static int test_vsys_x(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Debuggers expect ptrace() to be able to peek at the vsyscall page.
+ * Use process_vm_readv() as a proxy for ptrace() to test this.  We
+ * want it to work in the vsyscall=emulate case and to fail in the
+ * vsyscall=xonly case.
+ *
+ * It's worth noting that this ABI is a bit nutty.  write(2) can't
+ * read from the vsyscall page on any kernel version or mode.  The
+ * fact that ptrace() ever worked was a nice courtesy of old kernels,
+ * but the code to support it is fairly gross.
+ */
 static int test_process_vm_readv(void)
 {
 #ifdef __x86_64__
@@ -477,8 +488,12 @@ static int test_process_vm_readv(void)
 	remote.iov_len = 4096;
 	ret = process_vm_readv(getpid(), &local, 1, &remote, 1, 0);
 	if (ret != 4096) {
-		printf("[OK]\tprocess_vm_readv() failed (ret = %d, errno = %d)\n", ret, errno);
-		return 0;
+		/*
+		 * We expect process_vm_readv() to work if and only if the
+		 * vsyscall page is readable.
+		 */
+		printf("[%s]\tprocess_vm_readv() failed (ret = %d, errno = %d)\n", vsyscall_map_r ? "FAIL" : "OK", ret, errno);
+		return vsyscall_map_r ? 1 : 0;
 	}
 
 	if (vsyscall_map_r) {
@@ -488,6 +503,9 @@ static int test_process_vm_readv(void)
 			printf("[FAIL]\tIt worked but returned incorrect data\n");
 			return 1;
 		}
+	} else {
+		printf("[FAIL]\tprocess_rm_readv() succeeded, but it should have failed in this configuration\n");
+		return 1;
 	}
 #endif