diff --git a/mm/internal.h b/mm/internal.h
index b4d86436565b..a963f67d3452 100644
--- a/mm/internal.h
+++ b/mm/internal.h
@@ -310,7 +310,16 @@ static inline void wake_throttle_isolated(pg_data_t *pgdat)
 		wake_up(wqh);
 }
 
-vm_fault_t vmf_anon_prepare(struct vm_fault *vmf);
+vm_fault_t __vmf_anon_prepare(struct vm_fault *vmf);
+static inline vm_fault_t vmf_anon_prepare(struct vm_fault *vmf)
+{
+	vm_fault_t ret = __vmf_anon_prepare(vmf);
+
+	if (unlikely(ret & VM_FAULT_RETRY))
+		vma_end_read(vmf->vma);
+	return ret;
+}
+
 vm_fault_t do_swap_page(struct vm_fault *vmf);
 void folio_rotate_reclaimable(struct folio *folio);
 bool __folio_end_writeback(struct folio *folio);
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index ebfc9768f801..cda2c12c500b 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -3276,7 +3276,7 @@ static inline vm_fault_t vmf_can_call_fault(const struct vm_fault *vmf)
 }
 
 /**
- * vmf_anon_prepare - Prepare to handle an anonymous fault.
+ * __vmf_anon_prepare - Prepare to handle an anonymous fault.
  * @vmf: The vm_fault descriptor passed from the fault handler.
  *
  * When preparing to insert an anonymous page into a VMA from a
@@ -3290,7 +3290,7 @@ static inline vm_fault_t vmf_can_call_fault(const struct vm_fault *vmf)
  * Return: 0 if fault handling can proceed.  Any other value should be
  * returned to the caller.
  */
-vm_fault_t vmf_anon_prepare(struct vm_fault *vmf)
+vm_fault_t __vmf_anon_prepare(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 {
 	struct vm_area_struct *vma = vmf->vma;
 	vm_fault_t ret = 0;
@@ -3298,10 +3298,8 @@ vm_fault_t vmf_anon_prepare(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 	if (likely(vma->anon_vma))
 		return 0;
 	if (vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_VMA_LOCK) {
-		if (!mmap_read_trylock(vma->vm_mm)) {
-			vma_end_read(vma);
+		if (!mmap_read_trylock(vma->vm_mm))
 			return VM_FAULT_RETRY;
-		}
 	}
 	if (__anon_vma_prepare(vma))
 		ret = VM_FAULT_OOM;