diff --git a/arch/x86/vdso/vdso32-setup.c b/arch/x86/vdso/vdso32-setup.c
index 1241f118ab561b181b5dd9634f5c80d7783de493..58bc00f68b12edb451d3f619db81003925f85f47 100644
--- a/arch/x86/vdso/vdso32-setup.c
+++ b/arch/x86/vdso/vdso32-setup.c
@@ -338,6 +338,8 @@ int arch_setup_additional_pages(struct linux_binprm *bprm, int uses_interp)
 		}
 	}
 
+	current->mm->context.vdso = (void *)addr;
+
 	if (compat_uses_vma || !compat) {
 		/*
 		 * MAYWRITE to allow gdb to COW and set breakpoints
@@ -358,11 +360,13 @@ int arch_setup_additional_pages(struct linux_binprm *bprm, int uses_interp)
 			goto up_fail;
 	}
 
-	current->mm->context.vdso = (void *)addr;
 	current_thread_info()->sysenter_return =
 		VDSO32_SYMBOL(addr, SYSENTER_RETURN);
 
   up_fail:
+	if (ret)
+		current->mm->context.vdso = NULL;
+
 	up_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
 
 	return ret;
diff --git a/arch/x86/vdso/vma.c b/arch/x86/vdso/vma.c
index 7133cdf9098b7ef0366871a92c29ef8aa5445209..93b7a2938b2fb22c24c9d3b7dc03baf6f9ffe5cc 100644
--- a/arch/x86/vdso/vma.c
+++ b/arch/x86/vdso/vma.c
@@ -115,15 +115,18 @@ int arch_setup_additional_pages(struct linux_binprm *bprm, int uses_interp)
 		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;