diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index 745f6eb5279e..4ddd403fd91c 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -1456,9 +1456,12 @@ void bprm_drop_loader(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
 
 static void free_bprm(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
 {
-	if (bprm->mm) {
+	struct mm_struct *mm = bprm->mm;
+
+	if (mm) {
 		acct_arg_size(bprm, 0);
-		mmput(bprm->mm);
+		bprm->mm = NULL;
+		mmput(mm);
 	}
 	if (bprm->user_ns)
 		put_user_ns(bprm->user_ns);