diff --git a/ipc/shm.c b/ipc/shm.c
index cc63fae02f064d298689279a46599a8159b01df1..8d1b2c468cc4077ea46ae7c508c9a9840e3bc662 100644
--- a/ipc/shm.c
+++ b/ipc/shm.c
@@ -274,8 +274,7 @@ static struct mempolicy *shm_get_policy(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	else if (vma->vm_policy) {
 		pol = vma->vm_policy;
 		mpol_get(pol);	/* get_vma_policy() expects this */
-	} else
-		pol = current->mempolicy;
+	}
 	return pol;
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index c6c61ea6bb8ca827ea308dcf71ca51d398337a0f..8924aaf4665ce9f4178ddf9cb751abc50aeae980 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -1262,7 +1262,7 @@ asmlinkage long compat_sys_mbind(compat_ulong_t start, compat_ulong_t len,
  * @task != current].  It is the caller's responsibility to
  * free the reference in these cases.
  */
-static struct mempolicy * get_vma_policy(struct task_struct *task,
+static struct mempolicy *get_vma_policy(struct task_struct *task,
 		struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr)
 {
 	struct mempolicy *pol = task->mempolicy;
@@ -1270,7 +1270,10 @@ static struct mempolicy * get_vma_policy(struct task_struct *task,
 
 	if (vma) {
 		if (vma->vm_ops && vma->vm_ops->get_policy) {
-			pol = vma->vm_ops->get_policy(vma, addr);
+			struct mempolicy *vpol = vma->vm_ops->get_policy(vma,
+									addr);
+			if (vpol)
+				pol = vpol;
 			shared_pol = 1;	/* if pol non-NULL, add ref below */
 		} else if (vma->vm_policy &&
 				vma->vm_policy->policy != MPOL_DEFAULT)