diff --git a/mm/madvise.c b/mm/madvise.c
index df59937c75e3..89490c859c3f 100644
--- a/mm/madvise.c
+++ b/mm/madvise.c
@@ -1428,9 +1428,16 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(process_madvise, int, pidfd, const struct iovec __user *, vec,
 
 	while (iov_iter_count(&iter)) {
 		iovec = iov_iter_iovec(&iter);
+		/*
+		 * do_madvise returns ENOMEM if unmapped holes are present
+		 * in the passed VMA. process_madvise() is expected to skip
+		 * unmapped holes passed to it in the 'struct iovec' list
+		 * and not fail because of them. Thus treat -ENOMEM return
+		 * from do_madvise as valid and continue processing.
+		 */
 		ret = do_madvise(mm, (unsigned long)iovec.iov_base,
 					iovec.iov_len, behavior);
-		if (ret < 0)
+		if (ret < 0 && ret != -ENOMEM)
 			break;
 		iov_iter_advance(&iter, iovec.iov_len);
 	}