diff --git a/arch/x86/vdso/vma.c b/arch/x86/vdso/vma.c
index 7133cdf..93b7a29 100644
--- a/arch/x86/vdso/vma.c
+++ b/arch/x86/vdso/vma.c
@@ -115,15 +115,18 @@
 		goto up_fail;
 	}
 
+	current->mm->context.vdso = (void *)addr;
+
 	ret = install_special_mapping(mm, addr, vdso_size,
 				      VM_READ|VM_EXEC|
 				      VM_MAYREAD|VM_MAYWRITE|VM_MAYEXEC|
 				      VM_ALWAYSDUMP,
 				      vdso_pages);
-	if (ret)
+	if (ret) {
+		current->mm->context.vdso = NULL;
 		goto up_fail;
+	}
 
-	current->mm->context.vdso = (void *)addr;
 up_fail:
 	up_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
 	return ret;