diff --git a/mm/madvise.c b/mm/madvise.c
index 4e19615..77916e9f 100644
--- a/mm/madvise.c
+++ b/mm/madvise.c
@@ -155,11 +155,14 @@
  * Other filesystems return -ENOSYS.
  */
 static long madvise_remove(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+				struct vm_area_struct **prev,
 				unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
 {
 	struct address_space *mapping;
         loff_t offset, endoff;
 
+	*prev = vma;
+
 	if (vma->vm_flags & (VM_LOCKED|VM_NONLINEAR|VM_HUGETLB))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
@@ -199,7 +202,7 @@
 		error = madvise_behavior(vma, prev, start, end, behavior);
 		break;
 	case MADV_REMOVE:
-		error = madvise_remove(vma, start, end);
+		error = madvise_remove(vma, prev, start, end);
 		break;
 
 	case MADV_WILLNEED: