diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/mmap.c b/fs/ocfs2/mmap.c
index 69f85ae..51b0204 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/mmap.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/mmap.c
@@ -83,10 +83,12 @@
 int ocfs2_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
 	int ret = 0, lock_level = 0;
+	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(file->f_dentry->d_inode->i_sb);
 
 	/* We don't want to support shared writable mappings yet. */
-	if (((vma->vm_flags & VM_SHARED) || (vma->vm_flags & VM_MAYSHARE))
-	    && ((vma->vm_flags & VM_WRITE) || (vma->vm_flags & VM_MAYWRITE))) {
+	if (!ocfs2_mount_local(osb) &&
+	    ((vma->vm_flags & VM_SHARED) || (vma->vm_flags & VM_MAYSHARE)) &&
+	    ((vma->vm_flags & VM_WRITE) || (vma->vm_flags & VM_MAYWRITE))) {
 		mlog(0, "disallow shared writable mmaps %lx\n", vma->vm_flags);
 		/* This is -EINVAL because generic_file_readonly_mmap
 		 * returns it in a similar situation. */