diff --git a/mm/migrate.c b/mm/migrate.c
index 34132f8..e4a5c91 100644
--- a/mm/migrate.c
+++ b/mm/migrate.c
@@ -721,15 +721,11 @@
 		 * Only page_lock_anon_vma() understands the subtleties of
 		 * getting a hold on an anon_vma from outside one of its mms.
 		 */
-		anon_vma = page_lock_anon_vma(page);
+		anon_vma = page_get_anon_vma(page);
 		if (anon_vma) {
 			/*
-			 * Take a reference count on the anon_vma if the
-			 * page is mapped so that it is guaranteed to
-			 * exist when the page is remapped later
+			 * Anon page
 			 */
-			get_anon_vma(anon_vma);
-			page_unlock_anon_vma(anon_vma);
 		} else if (PageSwapCache(page)) {
 			/*
 			 * We cannot be sure that the anon_vma of an unmapped
@@ -857,13 +853,8 @@
 		lock_page(hpage);
 	}
 
-	if (PageAnon(hpage)) {
-		anon_vma = page_lock_anon_vma(hpage);
-		if (anon_vma) {
-			get_anon_vma(anon_vma);
-			page_unlock_anon_vma(anon_vma);
-		}
-	}
+	if (PageAnon(hpage))
+		anon_vma = page_get_anon_vma(hpage);
 
 	try_to_unmap(hpage, TTU_MIGRATION|TTU_IGNORE_MLOCK|TTU_IGNORE_ACCESS);
 
diff --git a/mm/rmap.c b/mm/rmap.c
index cc140811a..d271845 100644
--- a/mm/rmap.c
+++ b/mm/rmap.c
@@ -337,9 +337,9 @@
  * that the anon_vma pointer from page->mapping is valid if there is a
  * mapcount, we can dereference the anon_vma after observing those.
  */
-struct anon_vma *page_lock_anon_vma(struct page *page)
+struct anon_vma *page_get_anon_vma(struct page *page)
 {
-	struct anon_vma *anon_vma, *root_anon_vma;
+	struct anon_vma *anon_vma = NULL;
 	unsigned long anon_mapping;
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
@@ -350,30 +350,42 @@
 		goto out;
 
 	anon_vma = (struct anon_vma *) (anon_mapping - PAGE_MAPPING_ANON);
-	root_anon_vma = ACCESS_ONCE(anon_vma->root);
-	spin_lock(&root_anon_vma->lock);
+	if (!atomic_inc_not_zero(&anon_vma->refcount)) {
+		anon_vma = NULL;
+		goto out;
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * If this page is still mapped, then its anon_vma cannot have been
-	 * freed.  But if it has been unmapped, we have no security against
-	 * the anon_vma structure being freed and reused (for another anon_vma:
-	 * SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU guarantees that - so the spin_lock above cannot
-	 * corrupt): with anon_vma_prepare() or anon_vma_fork() redirecting
-	 * anon_vma->root before page_unlock_anon_vma() is called to unlock.
+	 * freed.  But if it has been unmapped, we have no security against the
+	 * anon_vma structure being freed and reused (for another anon_vma:
+	 * SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU guarantees that - so the atomic_inc_not_zero()
+	 * above cannot corrupt).
 	 */
-	if (page_mapped(page))
-		return anon_vma;
-
-	spin_unlock(&root_anon_vma->lock);
+	if (!page_mapped(page)) {
+		put_anon_vma(anon_vma);
+		anon_vma = NULL;
+	}
 out:
 	rcu_read_unlock();
-	return NULL;
+
+	return anon_vma;
+}
+
+struct anon_vma *page_lock_anon_vma(struct page *page)
+{
+	struct anon_vma *anon_vma = page_get_anon_vma(page);
+
+	if (anon_vma)
+		anon_vma_lock(anon_vma);
+
+	return anon_vma;
 }
 
 void page_unlock_anon_vma(struct anon_vma *anon_vma)
 {
 	anon_vma_unlock(anon_vma);
-	rcu_read_unlock();
+	put_anon_vma(anon_vma);
 }
 
 /*