diff --git a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
index f77727530b9c..846d43df3fdf 100644
--- a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
+++ b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
@@ -865,9 +865,73 @@ static int show_smaps_rollup(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 
 	hold_task_mempolicy(priv);
 
-	for (vma = priv->mm->mmap; vma; vma = vma->vm_next) {
+	for (vma = priv->mm->mmap; vma;) {
 		smap_gather_stats(vma, &mss, 0);
 		last_vma_end = vma->vm_end;
+
+		/*
+		 * Release mmap_lock temporarily if someone wants to
+		 * access it for write request.
+		 */
+		if (mmap_lock_is_contended(mm)) {
+			mmap_read_unlock(mm);
+			ret = mmap_read_lock_killable(mm);
+			if (ret) {
+				release_task_mempolicy(priv);
+				goto out_put_mm;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * After dropping the lock, there are four cases to
+			 * consider. See the following example for explanation.
+			 *
+			 *   +------+------+-----------+
+			 *   | VMA1 | VMA2 | VMA3      |
+			 *   +------+------+-----------+
+			 *   |      |      |           |
+			 *  4k     8k     16k         400k
+			 *
+			 * Suppose we drop the lock after reading VMA2 due to
+			 * contention, then we get:
+			 *
+			 *	last_vma_end = 16k
+			 *
+			 * 1) VMA2 is freed, but VMA3 exists:
+			 *
+			 *    find_vma(mm, 16k - 1) will return VMA3.
+			 *    In this case, just continue from VMA3.
+			 *
+			 * 2) VMA2 still exists:
+			 *
+			 *    find_vma(mm, 16k - 1) will return VMA2.
+			 *    Iterate the loop like the original one.
+			 *
+			 * 3) No more VMAs can be found:
+			 *
+			 *    find_vma(mm, 16k - 1) will return NULL.
+			 *    No more things to do, just break.
+			 *
+			 * 4) (last_vma_end - 1) is the middle of a vma (VMA'):
+			 *
+			 *    find_vma(mm, 16k - 1) will return VMA' whose range
+			 *    contains last_vma_end.
+			 *    Iterate VMA' from last_vma_end.
+			 */
+			vma = find_vma(mm, last_vma_end - 1);
+			/* Case 3 above */
+			if (!vma)
+				break;
+
+			/* Case 1 above */
+			if (vma->vm_start >= last_vma_end)
+				continue;
+
+			/* Case 4 above */
+			if (vma->vm_end > last_vma_end)
+				smap_gather_stats(vma, &mss, last_vma_end);
+		}
+		/* Case 2 above */
+		vma = vma->vm_next;
 	}
 
 	show_vma_header_prefix(m, priv->mm->mmap->vm_start,