diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index 4f079bd083af..887c1c955df8 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -263,7 +263,10 @@ static int __bprm_mm_init(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
 	if (!vma)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	down_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
+	if (down_write_killable(&mm->mmap_sem)) {
+		err = -EINTR;
+		goto err_free;
+	}
 	vma->vm_mm = mm;
 
 	/*
@@ -290,6 +293,7 @@ static int __bprm_mm_init(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
 	return 0;
 err:
 	up_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
+err_free:
 	bprm->vma = NULL;
 	kmem_cache_free(vm_area_cachep, vma);
 	return err;
@@ -696,7 +700,9 @@ int setup_arg_pages(struct linux_binprm *bprm,
 		bprm->loader -= stack_shift;
 	bprm->exec -= stack_shift;
 
-	down_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
+	if (down_write_killable(&mm->mmap_sem))
+		return -EINTR;
+
 	vm_flags = VM_STACK_FLAGS;
 
 	/*