diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/smp.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/smp.c
index 46bf263..acb4b14 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/smp.c
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
 		alpha_mv.smp_callin();
 
 	/* All kernel threads share the same mm context.  */
-	atomic_inc(&init_mm.mm_count);
+	mmgrab(&init_mm);
 	current->active_mm = &init_mm;
 
 	/* inform the notifiers about the new cpu */
diff --git a/arch/arc/kernel/smp.c b/arch/arc/kernel/smp.c
index 2afbafa..6956241 100644
--- a/arch/arc/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/arc/kernel/smp.c
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@
 	setup_processor();
 
 	atomic_inc(&mm->mm_users);
-	atomic_inc(&mm->mm_count);
+	mmgrab(mm);
 	current->active_mm = mm;
 	cpumask_set_cpu(cpu, mm_cpumask(mm));
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c b/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c
index 7dd14e8..c6514ce 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@
 	 * reference and switch to it.
 	 */
 	cpu = smp_processor_id();
-	atomic_inc(&mm->mm_count);
+	mmgrab(mm);
 	current->active_mm = mm;
 	cpumask_set_cpu(cpu, mm_cpumask(mm));
 
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/smp.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/smp.c
index a8ec5da..827d52d 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/smp.c
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@
 	 * All kernel threads share the same mm context; grab a
 	 * reference and switch to it.
 	 */
-	atomic_inc(&mm->mm_count);
+	mmgrab(mm);
 	current->active_mm = mm;
 
 	/*
diff --git a/arch/blackfin/mach-common/smp.c b/arch/blackfin/mach-common/smp.c
index 23c4ef5..bc5617e 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/mach-common/smp.c
+++ b/arch/blackfin/mach-common/smp.c
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@
 
 	/* Attach the new idle task to the global mm. */
 	atomic_inc(&mm->mm_users);
-	atomic_inc(&mm->mm_count);
+	mmgrab(mm);
 	current->active_mm = mm;
 
 	preempt_disable();
diff --git a/arch/hexagon/kernel/smp.c b/arch/hexagon/kernel/smp.c
index 983bae7d2..c02a645 100644
--- a/arch/hexagon/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/hexagon/kernel/smp.c
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@
 	);
 
 	/*  Set the memory struct  */
-	atomic_inc(&init_mm.mm_count);
+	mmgrab(&init_mm);
 	current->active_mm = &init_mm;
 
 	cpu = smp_processor_id();
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c
index c483ece..d683229 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c
@@ -994,7 +994,7 @@
 	 */
 	ia64_setreg(_IA64_REG_CR_DCR,  (  IA64_DCR_DP | IA64_DCR_DK | IA64_DCR_DX | IA64_DCR_DR
 					| IA64_DCR_DA | IA64_DCR_DD | IA64_DCR_LC));
-	atomic_inc(&init_mm.mm_count);
+	mmgrab(&init_mm);
 	current->active_mm = &init_mm;
 	BUG_ON(current->mm);
 
diff --git a/arch/m32r/kernel/setup.c b/arch/m32r/kernel/setup.c
index 136c69f..b18bc0b 100644
--- a/arch/m32r/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/m32r/kernel/setup.c
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@
 	printk(KERN_INFO "Initializing CPU#%d\n", cpu_id);
 
 	/* Set up and load the per-CPU TSS and LDT */
-	atomic_inc(&init_mm.mm_count);
+	mmgrab(&init_mm);
 	current->active_mm = &init_mm;
 	if (current->mm)
 		BUG();
diff --git a/arch/metag/kernel/smp.c b/arch/metag/kernel/smp.c
index bad1323..af9cff5 100644
--- a/arch/metag/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/metag/kernel/smp.c
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@
 	 * reference and switch to it.
 	 */
 	atomic_inc(&mm->mm_users);
-	atomic_inc(&mm->mm_count);
+	mmgrab(mm);
 	current->active_mm = mm;
 	cpumask_set_cpu(cpu, mm_cpumask(mm));
 	enter_lazy_tlb(mm, current);
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/traps.c b/arch/mips/kernel/traps.c
index cb479be3..49c6df2 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/traps.c
@@ -2232,7 +2232,7 @@
 	if (!cpu_data[cpu].asid_cache)
 		cpu_data[cpu].asid_cache = asid_first_version(cpu);
 
-	atomic_inc(&init_mm.mm_count);
+	mmgrab(&init_mm);
 	current->active_mm = &init_mm;
 	BUG_ON(current->mm);
 	enter_lazy_tlb(&init_mm, current);
diff --git a/arch/mn10300/kernel/smp.c b/arch/mn10300/kernel/smp.c
index 426173c..e65b5cc 100644
--- a/arch/mn10300/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/mn10300/kernel/smp.c
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@
 	}
 	printk(KERN_INFO "Initializing CPU#%d\n", cpu_id);
 
-	atomic_inc(&init_mm.mm_count);
+	mmgrab(&init_mm);
 	current->active_mm = &init_mm;
 	BUG_ON(current->mm);
 
diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/smp.c b/arch/parisc/kernel/smp.c
index 75dab28..67b452b 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/smp.c
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@
 	set_cpu_online(cpunum, true);
 
 	/* Initialise the idle task for this CPU */
-	atomic_inc(&init_mm.mm_count);
+	mmgrab(&init_mm);
 	current->active_mm = &init_mm;
 	BUG_ON(current->mm);
 	enter_lazy_tlb(&init_mm, current);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
index 893bd7f..573fb3a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
@@ -707,7 +707,7 @@
 	unsigned int cpu = smp_processor_id();
 	int i, base;
 
-	atomic_inc(&init_mm.mm_count);
+	mmgrab(&init_mm);
 	current->active_mm = &init_mm;
 
 	smp_store_cpu_info(cpu);
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/processor.c b/arch/s390/kernel/processor.c
index 21004aa..bc2b60d 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/processor.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/processor.c
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 	get_cpu_id(id);
 	if (machine_has_cpu_mhz)
 		update_cpu_mhz(NULL);
-	atomic_inc(&init_mm.mm_count);
+	mmgrab(&init_mm);
 	current->active_mm = &init_mm;
 	BUG_ON(current->mm);
 	enter_lazy_tlb(&init_mm, current);
diff --git a/arch/score/kernel/traps.c b/arch/score/kernel/traps.c
index 2b22bcf..569ac02 100644
--- a/arch/score/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/score/kernel/traps.c
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@
 	set_except_vector(18, handle_dbe);
 	flush_icache_range(DEBUG_VECTOR_BASE_ADDR, IRQ_VECTOR_BASE_ADDR);
 
-	atomic_inc(&init_mm.mm_count);
+	mmgrab(&init_mm);
 	current->active_mm = &init_mm;
 	cpu_cache_init();
 }
diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/smp.c b/arch/sh/kernel/smp.c
index 38e7860..ee379c6 100644
--- a/arch/sh/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/smp.c
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@
 	struct mm_struct *mm = &init_mm;
 
 	enable_mmu();
-	atomic_inc(&mm->mm_count);
+	mmgrab(mm);
 	atomic_inc(&mm->mm_users);
 	current->active_mm = mm;
 #ifdef CONFIG_MMU
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/leon_smp.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/leon_smp.c
index 71e16f2..b99d337 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/leon_smp.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/leon_smp.c
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
 			     : "memory" /* paranoid */);
 
 	/* Attach to the address space of init_task. */
-	atomic_inc(&init_mm.mm_count);
+	mmgrab(&init_mm);
 	current->active_mm = &init_mm;
 
 	while (!cpumask_test_cpu(cpuid, &smp_commenced_mask))
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/smp_64.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/smp_64.c
index 90a02cb..8e3e139 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/smp_64.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/smp_64.c
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
 	current_thread_info()->new_child = 0;
 
 	/* Attach to the address space of init_task. */
-	atomic_inc(&init_mm.mm_count);
+	mmgrab(&init_mm);
 	current->active_mm = &init_mm;
 
 	/* inform the notifiers about the new cpu */
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/sun4d_smp.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/sun4d_smp.c
index 9d98e50..7b55c50 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/sun4d_smp.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/sun4d_smp.c
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
 	show_leds(cpuid);
 
 	/* Attach to the address space of init_task. */
-	atomic_inc(&init_mm.mm_count);
+	mmgrab(&init_mm);
 	current->active_mm = &init_mm;
 
 	local_ops->cache_all();
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/sun4m_smp.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/sun4m_smp.c
index 278c40a..633c4cf 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/sun4m_smp.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/sun4m_smp.c
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 			     : "memory" /* paranoid */);
 
 	/* Attach to the address space of init_task. */
-	atomic_inc(&init_mm.mm_count);
+	mmgrab(&init_mm);
 	current->active_mm = &init_mm;
 
 	while (!cpumask_test_cpu(cpuid, &smp_commenced_mask))
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/traps_32.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/traps_32.c
index 4f21df7..ecddac5 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/traps_32.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/traps_32.c
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@
 		thread_info_offsets_are_bolixed_pete();
 
 	/* Attach to the address space of init_task. */
-	atomic_inc(&init_mm.mm_count);
+	mmgrab(&init_mm);
 	current->active_mm = &init_mm;
 
 	/* NOTE: Other cpus have this done as they are started
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/traps_64.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/traps_64.c
index dfc97a4..e022d7b 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/traps_64.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/traps_64.c
@@ -2837,6 +2837,6 @@
 	/* Attach to the address space of init_task.  On SMP we
 	 * do this in smp.c:smp_callin for other cpus.
 	 */
-	atomic_inc(&init_mm.mm_count);
+	mmgrab(&init_mm);
 	current->active_mm = &init_mm;
 }
diff --git a/arch/tile/kernel/smpboot.c b/arch/tile/kernel/smpboot.c
index 6c0abaa..53ce940 100644
--- a/arch/tile/kernel/smpboot.c
+++ b/arch/tile/kernel/smpboot.c
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@
 	__this_cpu_write(current_asid, min_asid);
 
 	/* Set up this thread as another owner of the init_mm */
-	atomic_inc(&init_mm.mm_count);
+	mmgrab(&init_mm);
 	current->active_mm = &init_mm;
 	if (current->mm)
 		BUG();
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
index f07005e6..c64ca592 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -1510,7 +1510,7 @@
 	for (i = 0; i <= IO_BITMAP_LONGS; i++)
 		t->io_bitmap[i] = ~0UL;
 
-	atomic_inc(&init_mm.mm_count);
+	mmgrab(&init_mm);
 	me->active_mm = &init_mm;
 	BUG_ON(me->mm);
 	enter_lazy_tlb(&init_mm, me);
@@ -1561,7 +1561,7 @@
 	/*
 	 * Set up and load the per-CPU TSS and LDT
 	 */
-	atomic_inc(&init_mm.mm_count);
+	mmgrab(&init_mm);
 	curr->active_mm = &init_mm;
 	BUG_ON(curr->mm);
 	enter_lazy_tlb(&init_mm, curr);
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/kernel/smp.c b/arch/xtensa/kernel/smp.c
index fc4ad21..9bf5cea 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/xtensa/kernel/smp.c
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
 	/* All kernel threads share the same mm context. */
 
 	atomic_inc(&mm->mm_users);
-	atomic_inc(&mm->mm_count);
+	mmgrab(mm);
 	current->active_mm = mm;
 	cpumask_set_cpu(cpu, mm_cpumask(mm));
 	enter_lazy_tlb(mm, current);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_process.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_process.c
index ef7c8de..ca5f2aa 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_process.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_process.c
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@
 	 * and because the mmu_notifier_unregister function also drop
 	 * mm_count we need to take an extra count here.
 	 */
-	atomic_inc(&p->mm->mm_count);
+	mmgrab(p->mm);
 	mmu_notifier_unregister_no_release(&p->mmu_notifier, p->mm);
 	mmu_notifier_call_srcu(&p->rcu, &kfd_process_destroy_delayed);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_userptr.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_userptr.c
index 6a8fa08..65802d9 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_userptr.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_userptr.c
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@
 		mm->i915 = to_i915(obj->base.dev);
 
 		mm->mm = current->mm;
-		atomic_inc(&current->mm->mm_count);
+		mmgrab(current->mm);
 
 		mm->mn = NULL;
 
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/file_ops.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/file_ops.c
index f460339..3b19c16 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/file_ops.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/file_ops.c
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@
 	if (fd) {
 		fd->rec_cpu_num = -1; /* no cpu affinity by default */
 		fd->mm = current->mm;
-		atomic_inc(&fd->mm->mm_count);
+		mmgrab(fd->mm);
 		fp->private_data = fd;
 	} else {
 		fp->private_data = NULL;
diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index b8f0627..5d51a18 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -766,7 +766,7 @@
 
 		if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(mm)) {
 			/* ensure this mm_struct can't be freed */
-			atomic_inc(&mm->mm_count);
+			mmgrab(mm);
 			/* but do not pin its memory */
 			mmput(mm);
 		}
@@ -1064,7 +1064,7 @@
 		if (p) {
 			if (atomic_read(&p->mm->mm_users) > 1) {
 				mm = p->mm;
-				atomic_inc(&mm->mm_count);
+				mmgrab(mm);
 			}
 			task_unlock(p);
 		}
diff --git a/fs/userfaultfd.c b/fs/userfaultfd.c
index e6e0a61..3c421d0 100644
--- a/fs/userfaultfd.c
+++ b/fs/userfaultfd.c
@@ -1847,7 +1847,7 @@
 	ctx->released = false;
 	ctx->mm = current->mm;
 	/* prevent the mm struct to be freed */
-	atomic_inc(&ctx->mm->mm_count);
+	mmgrab(ctx->mm);
 
 	file = anon_inode_getfile("[userfaultfd]", &userfaultfd_fops, ctx,
 				  O_RDWR | (flags & UFFD_SHARED_FCNTL_FLAGS));
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 451e241..7cfa554 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -2904,6 +2904,28 @@
  */
 extern struct mm_struct * mm_alloc(void);
 
+/**
+ * mmgrab() - Pin a &struct mm_struct.
+ * @mm: The &struct mm_struct to pin.
+ *
+ * Make sure that @mm will not get freed even after the owning task
+ * exits. This doesn't guarantee that the associated address space
+ * will still exist later on and mmget_not_zero() has to be used before
+ * accessing it.
+ *
+ * This is a preferred way to to pin @mm for a longer/unbounded amount
+ * of time.
+ *
+ * Use mmdrop() to release the reference acquired by mmgrab().
+ *
+ * See also <Documentation/vm/active_mm.txt> for an in-depth explanation
+ * of &mm_struct.mm_count vs &mm_struct.mm_users.
+ */
+static inline void mmgrab(struct mm_struct *mm)
+{
+	atomic_inc(&mm->mm_count);
+}
+
 /* mmdrop drops the mm and the page tables */
 extern void __mmdrop(struct mm_struct *);
 static inline void mmdrop(struct mm_struct *mm)
diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index 90b09ca..8a768a3 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@
 		__set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
 		down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
 	}
-	atomic_inc(&mm->mm_count);
+	mmgrab(mm);
 	BUG_ON(mm != current->active_mm);
 	/* more a memory barrier than a real lock */
 	task_lock(current);
diff --git a/kernel/futex.c b/kernel/futex.c
index cdf3650..b687cb2 100644
--- a/kernel/futex.c
+++ b/kernel/futex.c
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@
 
 static inline void futex_get_mm(union futex_key *key)
 {
-	atomic_inc(&key->private.mm->mm_count);
+	mmgrab(key->private.mm);
 	/*
 	 * Ensure futex_get_mm() implies a full barrier such that
 	 * get_futex_key() implies a full barrier. This is relied upon
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index e1ae6ac..6ea1925 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -2847,7 +2847,7 @@
 
 	if (!mm) {
 		next->active_mm = oldmm;
-		atomic_inc(&oldmm->mm_count);
+		mmgrab(oldmm);
 		enter_lazy_tlb(oldmm, next);
 	} else
 		switch_mm_irqs_off(oldmm, mm, next);
@@ -6098,7 +6098,7 @@
 	/*
 	 * The boot idle thread does lazy MMU switching as well:
 	 */
-	atomic_inc(&init_mm.mm_count);
+	mmgrab(&init_mm);
 	enter_lazy_tlb(&init_mm, current);
 
 	/*
diff --git a/mm/khugepaged.c b/mm/khugepaged.c
index 77ae323..34bce5c 100644
--- a/mm/khugepaged.c
+++ b/mm/khugepaged.c
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@
 	list_add_tail(&mm_slot->mm_node, &khugepaged_scan.mm_head);
 	spin_unlock(&khugepaged_mm_lock);
 
-	atomic_inc(&mm->mm_count);
+	mmgrab(mm);
 	if (wakeup)
 		wake_up_interruptible(&khugepaged_wait);
 
diff --git a/mm/ksm.c b/mm/ksm.c
index cf211c0..520e4c3 100644
--- a/mm/ksm.c
+++ b/mm/ksm.c
@@ -1854,7 +1854,7 @@
 	spin_unlock(&ksm_mmlist_lock);
 
 	set_bit(MMF_VM_MERGEABLE, &mm->flags);
-	atomic_inc(&mm->mm_count);
+	mmgrab(mm);
 
 	if (needs_wakeup)
 		wake_up_interruptible(&ksm_thread_wait);
diff --git a/mm/mmu_context.c b/mm/mmu_context.c
index 6f4d27c..daf67bb 100644
--- a/mm/mmu_context.c
+++ b/mm/mmu_context.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 	task_lock(tsk);
 	active_mm = tsk->active_mm;
 	if (active_mm != mm) {
-		atomic_inc(&mm->mm_count);
+		mmgrab(mm);
 		tsk->active_mm = mm;
 	}
 	tsk->mm = mm;
diff --git a/mm/mmu_notifier.c b/mm/mmu_notifier.c
index f4259e4..32bc9f2 100644
--- a/mm/mmu_notifier.c
+++ b/mm/mmu_notifier.c
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@
 		mm->mmu_notifier_mm = mmu_notifier_mm;
 		mmu_notifier_mm = NULL;
 	}
-	atomic_inc(&mm->mm_count);
+	mmgrab(mm);
 
 	/*
 	 * Serialize the update against mmu_notifier_unregister. A
diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c
index 578321f..51c0918 100644
--- a/mm/oom_kill.c
+++ b/mm/oom_kill.c
@@ -653,7 +653,7 @@
 
 	/* oom_mm is bound to the signal struct life time. */
 	if (!cmpxchg(&tsk->signal->oom_mm, NULL, mm))
-		atomic_inc(&tsk->signal->oom_mm->mm_count);
+		mmgrab(tsk->signal->oom_mm);
 
 	/*
 	 * Make sure that the task is woken up from uninterruptible sleep
@@ -870,7 +870,7 @@
 
 	/* Get a reference to safely compare mm after task_unlock(victim) */
 	mm = victim->mm;
-	atomic_inc(&mm->mm_count);
+	mmgrab(mm);
 	/*
 	 * We should send SIGKILL before setting TIF_MEMDIE in order to prevent
 	 * the OOM victim from depleting the memory reserves from the user
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 5b0dd4a..35f7140 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
 	spin_lock_init(&kvm->mmu_lock);
-	atomic_inc(&current->mm->mm_count);
+	mmgrab(current->mm);
 	kvm->mm = current->mm;
 	kvm_eventfd_init(kvm);
 	mutex_init(&kvm->lock);