diff --git a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
index 541583510cfb996c7461ba98bf2a34741445342b..4648c7f63ae28c1c5323de699e850bbb2f8405a4 100644
--- a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
+++ b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
@@ -1027,11 +1027,15 @@ static ssize_t clear_refs_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 		};
 
 		if (type == CLEAR_REFS_MM_HIWATER_RSS) {
+			if (down_write_killable(&mm->mmap_sem)) {
+				count = -EINTR;
+				goto out_mm;
+			}
+
 			/*
 			 * Writing 5 to /proc/pid/clear_refs resets the peak
 			 * resident set size to this mm's current rss value.
 			 */
-			down_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
 			reset_mm_hiwater_rss(mm);
 			up_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
 			goto out_mm;
@@ -1043,7 +1047,10 @@ static ssize_t clear_refs_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 				if (!(vma->vm_flags & VM_SOFTDIRTY))
 					continue;
 				up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
-				down_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
+				if (down_write_killable(&mm->mmap_sem)) {
+					count = -EINTR;
+					goto out_mm;
+				}
 				for (vma = mm->mmap; vma; vma = vma->vm_next) {
 					vma->vm_flags &= ~VM_SOFTDIRTY;
 					vma_set_page_prot(vma);