diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index 555e93c7dec8..c27231234764 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -1015,7 +1015,7 @@ static int exec_mmap(struct mm_struct *mm)
 	/* Notify parent that we're no longer interested in the old VM */
 	tsk = current;
 	old_mm = current->mm;
-	mm_release(tsk, old_mm);
+	exec_mm_release(tsk, old_mm);
 
 	if (old_mm) {
 		sync_mm_rss(old_mm);
diff --git a/include/linux/sched/mm.h b/include/linux/sched/mm.h
index e6770012db18..c49257a3b510 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched/mm.h
@@ -117,8 +117,10 @@ extern struct mm_struct *get_task_mm(struct task_struct *task);
  * succeeds.
  */
 extern struct mm_struct *mm_access(struct task_struct *task, unsigned int mode);
-/* Remove the current tasks stale references to the old mm_struct */
-extern void mm_release(struct task_struct *, struct mm_struct *);
+/* Remove the current tasks stale references to the old mm_struct on exit() */
+extern void exit_mm_release(struct task_struct *, struct mm_struct *);
+/* Remove the current tasks stale references to the old mm_struct on exec() */
+extern void exec_mm_release(struct task_struct *, struct mm_struct *);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG
 extern void mm_update_next_owner(struct mm_struct *mm);
diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index d11bdcaac2e1..cd893b530902 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ static void exit_mm(void)
 	struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm;
 	struct core_state *core_state;
 
-	mm_release(current, mm);
+	exit_mm_release(current, mm);
 	if (!mm)
 		return;
 	sync_mm_rss(mm);
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index bd7c218691d4..096f9d840bb8 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -1283,7 +1283,7 @@ static int wait_for_vfork_done(struct task_struct *child,
  * restoring the old one. . .
  * Eric Biederman 10 January 1998
  */
-void mm_release(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm)
+static void mm_release(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm)
 {
 	/* Get rid of any futexes when releasing the mm */
 	futex_mm_release(tsk);
@@ -1320,6 +1320,16 @@ void mm_release(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm)
 		complete_vfork_done(tsk);
 }
 
+void exit_mm_release(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm)
+{
+	mm_release(tsk, mm);
+}
+
+void exec_mm_release(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm)
+{
+	mm_release(tsk, mm);
+}
+
 /**
  * dup_mm() - duplicates an existing mm structure
  * @tsk: the task_struct with which the new mm will be associated.