diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index ca9c6939638b..3af8459e4e88 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -1423,8 +1423,7 @@ unsigned long mmap_region(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,
 
 	/* Attempt to expand an old mapping */
 	/* Check next */
-	if (next && next->vm_start == end && !vma_policy(next) &&
-	    can_vma_merge_before(&vmg)) {
+	if (next && next->vm_start == end && can_vma_merge_before(&vmg)) {
 		merge_end = next->vm_end;
 		vma = next;
 		vmg.pgoff = next->vm_pgoff - pglen;
@@ -1438,8 +1437,7 @@ unsigned long mmap_region(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,
 	}
 
 	/* Check prev */
-	if (prev && prev->vm_end == addr && !vma_policy(prev) &&
-	    can_vma_merge_after(&vmg)) {
+	if (prev && prev->vm_end == addr && can_vma_merge_after(&vmg)) {
 		merge_start = prev->vm_start;
 		vma = prev;
 		vmg.pgoff = prev->vm_pgoff;
@@ -1779,7 +1777,7 @@ static int do_brk_flags(struct vma_iterator *vmi, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	 * Expand the existing vma if possible; Note that singular lists do not
 	 * occur after forking, so the expand will only happen on new VMAs.
 	 */
-	if (vma && vma->vm_end == addr && !vma_policy(vma)) {
+	if (vma && vma->vm_end == addr) {
 		VMG_STATE(vmg, mm, vmi, addr, addr + len, flags, PHYS_PFN(addr));
 
 		vmg.prev = vma;
diff --git a/mm/vma.c b/mm/vma.c
index 6be645240f07..3284bb778c3d 100644
--- a/mm/vma.c
+++ b/mm/vma.c
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ static inline bool is_mergeable_vma(struct vma_merge_struct *vmg, bool merge_nex
 	 */
 	bool may_remove_vma = merge_next;
 
+	if (!mpol_equal(vmg->policy, vma_policy(vma)))
+		return false;
 	/*
 	 * VM_SOFTDIRTY should not prevent from VMA merging, if we
 	 * match the flags but dirty bit -- the caller should mark
@@ -1053,17 +1055,14 @@ static struct vm_area_struct *vma_merge(struct vma_merge_struct *vmg)
 		vma_pgoff = prev->vm_pgoff;
 
 		/* Can we merge the predecessor? */
-		if (addr == prev->vm_end && mpol_equal(vma_policy(prev), vmg->policy)
-		    && can_vma_merge_after(vmg)) {
-
+		if (addr == prev->vm_end && can_vma_merge_after(vmg)) {
 			merge_prev = true;
 			vma_prev(vmg->vmi);
 		}
 	}
 
 	/* Can we merge the successor? */
-	if (next && mpol_equal(vmg->policy, vma_policy(next)) &&
-	    can_vma_merge_before(vmg)) {
+	if (next && can_vma_merge_before(vmg)) {
 		merge_next = true;
 	}