diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 9144fae..b8f97b8 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -3299,7 +3299,12 @@
 	vma = find_vma(current->mm, addr);
 	if (!vma)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	write = (vma->vm_flags & VM_WRITE) != 0;
+	/*
+	 * We want to touch writable mappings with a write fault in order
+	 * to break COW, except for shared mappings because these don't COW
+	 * and we would not want to dirty them for nothing.
+	 */
+	write = (vma->vm_flags & (VM_WRITE | VM_SHARED)) == VM_WRITE;
 	BUG_ON(addr >= end);
 	BUG_ON(end > vma->vm_end);
 	len = DIV_ROUND_UP(end, PAGE_SIZE) - addr/PAGE_SIZE;