diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/fault_32.c b/arch/x86/mm/fault_32.c
index 36cb67e02b04..52c13d2e011e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/fault_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/fault_32.c
@@ -295,13 +295,18 @@ void __kprobes do_page_fault(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long error_code)
 	 */
 	trace_hardirqs_fixup();
 
+	tsk = current;
+	mm = tsk->mm;
+	prefetchw(&mm->mmap_sem);
+
 	/* get the address */
 	address = read_cr2();
 
-	tsk = current;
-
 	si_code = SEGV_MAPERR;
 
+	if (notify_page_fault(regs))
+		return;
+
 	/*
 	 * We fault-in kernel-space virtual memory on-demand. The
 	 * 'reference' page table is init_mm.pgd.
@@ -319,8 +324,6 @@ void __kprobes do_page_fault(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long error_code)
 		if (!(error_code & (PF_RSVD|PF_USER|PF_PROT)) &&
 		    vmalloc_fault(address) >= 0)
 			return;
-		if (notify_page_fault(regs))
-			return;
 		/*
 		 * Don't take the mm semaphore here. If we fixup a prefetch
 		 * fault we could otherwise deadlock.
@@ -328,16 +331,11 @@ void __kprobes do_page_fault(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long error_code)
 		goto bad_area_nosemaphore;
 	}
 
-	if (notify_page_fault(regs))
-		return;
-
 	/* It's safe to allow irq's after cr2 has been saved and the vmalloc
 	   fault has been handled. */
 	if (regs->flags & (X86_EFLAGS_IF|VM_MASK))
 		local_irq_enable();
 
-	mm = tsk->mm;
-
 	/*
 	 * If we're in an interrupt, have no user context or are running in an
 	 * atomic region then we must not take the fault.
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/fault_64.c b/arch/x86/mm/fault_64.c
index 80f8436ac8b2..c6b3ad515cf1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/fault_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/fault_64.c
@@ -355,6 +355,8 @@ asmlinkage void __kprobes do_page_fault(struct pt_regs *regs,
 
 	si_code = SEGV_MAPERR;
 
+	if (notify_page_fault(regs))
+		return;
 
 	/*
 	 * We fault-in kernel-space virtual memory on-demand. The
@@ -380,8 +382,6 @@ asmlinkage void __kprobes do_page_fault(struct pt_regs *regs,
 			if (vmalloc_fault(address) >= 0)
 				return;
 		}
-		if (notify_page_fault(regs))
-			return;
 		/*
 		 * Don't take the mm semaphore here. If we fixup a prefetch
 		 * fault we could otherwise deadlock.
@@ -389,9 +389,6 @@ asmlinkage void __kprobes do_page_fault(struct pt_regs *regs,
 		goto bad_area_nosemaphore;
 	}
 
-	if (notify_page_fault(regs))
-		return;
-
 	if (likely(regs->flags & X86_EFLAGS_IF))
 		local_irq_enable();