diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index 14f6bb4..6cff7ba 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -1302,6 +1302,8 @@
 
 			if (!file->f_op || !file->f_op->mmap)
 				return -ENODEV;
+			if (vm_flags & (VM_GROWSDOWN|VM_GROWSUP))
+				return -EINVAL;
 			break;
 
 		default:
@@ -1310,6 +1312,8 @@
 	} else {
 		switch (flags & MAP_TYPE) {
 		case MAP_SHARED:
+			if (vm_flags & (VM_GROWSDOWN|VM_GROWSUP))
+				return -EINVAL;
 			/*
 			 * Ignore pgoff.
 			 */
@@ -1544,11 +1548,7 @@
 	vma->vm_pgoff = pgoff;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&vma->anon_vma_chain);
 
-	error = -EINVAL;	/* when rejecting VM_GROWSDOWN|VM_GROWSUP */
-
 	if (file) {
-		if (vm_flags & (VM_GROWSDOWN|VM_GROWSUP))
-			goto free_vma;
 		if (vm_flags & VM_DENYWRITE) {
 			error = deny_write_access(file);
 			if (error)
@@ -1573,8 +1573,6 @@
 		pgoff = vma->vm_pgoff;
 		vm_flags = vma->vm_flags;
 	} else if (vm_flags & VM_SHARED) {
-		if (unlikely(vm_flags & (VM_GROWSDOWN|VM_GROWSUP)))
-			goto free_vma;
 		error = shmem_zero_setup(vma);
 		if (error)
 			goto free_vma;