diff --git a/arch/x86_64/mm/fault.c b/arch/x86_64/mm/fault.c
index de91e17daf6f..316c53de47bd 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/mm/fault.c
@@ -314,11 +314,13 @@ asmlinkage void __kprobes do_page_fault(struct pt_regs *regs,
 	unsigned long flags;
 	siginfo_t info;
 
+	tsk = current;
+	mm = tsk->mm;
+	prefetchw(&mm->mmap_sem);
+
 	/* get the address */
 	__asm__("movq %%cr2,%0":"=r" (address));
 
-	tsk = current;
-	mm = tsk->mm;
 	info.si_code = SEGV_MAPERR;