diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index cf1df7f16e55..0c5f06d08c35 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
 #include <linux/time_namespace.h>
 #include <linux/user_events.h>
 #include <linux/rseq.h>
+#include <linux/ksm.h>
 
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/mmu_context.h>
@@ -267,6 +268,14 @@ static int __bprm_mm_init(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
 		goto err_free;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Need to be called with mmap write lock
+	 * held, to avoid race with ksmd.
+	 */
+	err = ksm_execve(mm);
+	if (err)
+		goto err_ksm;
+
 	/*
 	 * Place the stack at the largest stack address the architecture
 	 * supports. Later, we'll move this to an appropriate place. We don't
@@ -288,6 +297,8 @@ static int __bprm_mm_init(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
 	bprm->p = vma->vm_end - sizeof(void *);
 	return 0;
 err:
+	ksm_exit(mm);
+err_ksm:
 	mmap_write_unlock(mm);
 err_free:
 	bprm->vma = NULL;
diff --git a/include/linux/ksm.h b/include/linux/ksm.h
index 401348e9f92b..7e2b1de3996a 100644
--- a/include/linux/ksm.h
+++ b/include/linux/ksm.h
@@ -59,6 +59,14 @@ static inline int ksm_fork(struct mm_struct *mm, struct mm_struct *oldmm)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static inline int ksm_execve(struct mm_struct *mm)
+{
+	if (test_bit(MMF_VM_MERGE_ANY, &mm->flags))
+		return __ksm_enter(mm);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static inline void ksm_exit(struct mm_struct *mm)
 {
 	if (test_bit(MMF_VM_MERGEABLE, &mm->flags))
@@ -107,6 +115,11 @@ static inline int ksm_fork(struct mm_struct *mm, struct mm_struct *oldmm)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static inline int ksm_execve(struct mm_struct *mm)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static inline void ksm_exit(struct mm_struct *mm)
 {
 }