diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index 74e96a144b44..30bf7772d4ac 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -2801,11 +2801,11 @@ cannot_expand:
 	if (vma_iter_prealloc(&vmi))
 		goto close_and_free_vma;
 
+	/* Lock the VMA since it is modified after insertion into VMA tree */
+	vma_start_write(vma);
 	if (vma->vm_file)
 		i_mmap_lock_write(vma->vm_file->f_mapping);
 
-	/* Lock the VMA since it is modified after insertion into VMA tree */
-	vma_start_write(vma);
 	vma_iter_store(&vmi, vma);
 	mm->map_count++;
 	if (vma->vm_file) {