diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index b6ee424245dd..e6bc4b28aa62 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 #include <linux/rculist.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/cacheflush.h>
+#include <asm/mmu_context.h>
 #include <linux/license.h>
 #include <asm/sections.h>
 #include <linux/tracepoint.h>
@@ -1535,6 +1536,10 @@ static void free_module(struct module *mod)
 
 	/* Finally, free the core (containing the module structure) */
 	module_free(mod, mod->module_core);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_MPU
+	update_protections(current->mm);
+#endif
 }
 
 void *__symbol_get(const char *symbol)
diff --git a/mm/nommu.c b/mm/nommu.c
index 2d02ca17ce18..1a4473faac48 100644
--- a/mm/nommu.c
+++ b/mm/nommu.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/tlb.h>
 #include <asm/tlbflush.h>
+#include <asm/mmu_context.h>
 #include "internal.h"
 
 static inline __attribute__((format(printf, 1, 2)))
@@ -622,6 +623,22 @@ static void put_nommu_region(struct vm_region *region)
 	__put_nommu_region(region);
 }
 
+/*
+ * update protection on a vma
+ */
+static void protect_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long flags)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_MPU
+	struct mm_struct *mm = vma->vm_mm;
+	long start = vma->vm_start & PAGE_MASK;
+	while (start < vma->vm_end) {
+		protect_page(mm, start, flags);
+		start += PAGE_SIZE;
+	}
+	update_protections(mm);
+#endif
+}
+
 /*
  * add a VMA into a process's mm_struct in the appropriate place in the list
  * and tree and add to the address space's page tree also if not an anonymous
@@ -641,6 +658,8 @@ static void add_vma_to_mm(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 	mm->map_count++;
 	vma->vm_mm = mm;
 
+	protect_vma(vma, vma->vm_flags);
+
 	/* add the VMA to the mapping */
 	if (vma->vm_file) {
 		mapping = vma->vm_file->f_mapping;
@@ -703,6 +722,8 @@ static void delete_vma_from_mm(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 
 	kenter("%p", vma);
 
+	protect_vma(vma, 0);
+
 	mm->map_count--;
 	if (mm->mmap_cache == vma)
 		mm->mmap_cache = NULL;