diff --git a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
index 78bed6adc62d21ff20e8f4d046761df7f2792b47..7f84d1477b5bd978240ae74cc96098629c56fc67 100644
--- a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
+++ b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
@@ -1140,7 +1140,10 @@ static ssize_t clear_refs_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 			goto out_mm;
 		}
 
-		down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
+		if (down_read_killable(&mm->mmap_sem)) {
+			count = -EINTR;
+			goto out_mm;
+		}
 		tlb_gather_mmu(&tlb, mm, 0, -1);
 		if (type == CLEAR_REFS_SOFT_DIRTY) {
 			for (vma = mm->mmap; vma; vma = vma->vm_next) {