diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf.c b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
index b7c1603..7c1e65d 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
@@ -501,22 +501,22 @@
 		}
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * Now fill out the bss section.  First pad the last page up
-	 * to the page boundary, and then perform a mmap to make sure
-	 * that there are zero-mapped pages up to and including the 
-	 * last bss page.
-	 */
-	if (padzero(elf_bss)) {
-		error = -EFAULT;
-		goto out_close;
-	}
-
-	/* What we have mapped so far */
-	elf_bss = ELF_PAGESTART(elf_bss + ELF_MIN_ALIGN - 1);
-
-	/* Map the last of the bss segment */
 	if (last_bss > elf_bss) {
+		/*
+		 * Now fill out the bss section.  First pad the last page up
+		 * to the page boundary, and then perform a mmap to make sure
+		 * that there are zero-mapped pages up to and including the
+		 * last bss page.
+		 */
+		if (padzero(elf_bss)) {
+			error = -EFAULT;
+			goto out_close;
+		}
+
+		/* What we have mapped so far */
+		elf_bss = ELF_PAGESTART(elf_bss + ELF_MIN_ALIGN - 1);
+
+		/* Map the last of the bss segment */
 		down_write(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
 		error = do_brk(elf_bss, last_bss - elf_bss);
 		up_write(&current->mm->mmap_sem);