diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/vdso.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/vdso.c
index 3f1d35e7c98a..73d45931a053 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/vdso.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/vdso.c
@@ -65,7 +65,9 @@ int arch_setup_additional_pages(struct linux_binprm *bprm,
 
 	vdso_len = (vdso_pages + 1) << PAGE_SHIFT;
 
-	mmap_write_lock(mm);
+	if (mmap_write_lock_killable(mm))
+		return -EINTR;
+
 	vdso_base = get_unmapped_area(NULL, 0, vdso_len, 0, 0);
 	if (IS_ERR_VALUE(vdso_base)) {
 		ret = vdso_base;