diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 1f82adc8535256e7d87658e9b11afc8fb89a768c..901435e3a9a94200c7b70d554f5bf9e5a02b1e6e 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ extern pgprot_t protection_map[16];
 #define FAULT_FLAG_NONLINEAR	0x02	/* Fault was via a nonlinear mapping */
 #define FAULT_FLAG_MKWRITE	0x04	/* Fault was mkwrite of existing pte */
 #define FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY	0x08	/* Retry fault if blocking */
+#define FAULT_FLAG_RETRY_NOWAIT	0x10	/* Don't drop mmap_sem and wait when retrying */
 
 /*
  * This interface is used by x86 PAT code to identify a pfn mapping that is
@@ -1545,6 +1546,8 @@ struct page *follow_page(struct vm_area_struct *, unsigned long address,
 #define FOLL_GET	0x04	/* do get_page on page */
 #define FOLL_DUMP	0x08	/* give error on hole if it would be zero */
 #define FOLL_FORCE	0x10	/* get_user_pages read/write w/o permission */
+#define FOLL_NOWAIT	0x20	/* if a disk transfer is needed, start the IO
+				 * and return without waiting upon it */
 #define FOLL_MLOCK	0x40	/* mark page as mlocked */
 #define FOLL_SPLIT	0x80	/* don't return transhuge pages, split them */
 #define FOLL_HWPOISON	0x100	/* check page is hwpoisoned */
diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index 83a45d35468b961340fb19a958eee77d0e2e2297..312b6eb7843098834dc447d2d1bceb90e1dba170 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -621,8 +621,10 @@ int __lock_page_or_retry(struct page *page, struct mm_struct *mm,
 		__lock_page(page);
 		return 1;
 	} else {
-		up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
-		wait_on_page_locked(page);
+		if (!(flags & FAULT_FLAG_RETRY_NOWAIT)) {
+			up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
+			wait_on_page_locked(page);
+		}
 		return 0;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index e48945ab362b87904d3a541e27902dc0d492cecb..615be5127ce1f2895da610978c7d73ec9789308d 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -1569,6 +1569,8 @@ int __get_user_pages(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm,
 					fault_flags |= FAULT_FLAG_WRITE;
 				if (nonblocking)
 					fault_flags |= FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY;
+				if (foll_flags & FOLL_NOWAIT)
+					fault_flags |= (FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY | FAULT_FLAG_RETRY_NOWAIT);
 
 				ret = handle_mm_fault(mm, vma, start,
 							fault_flags);
@@ -1595,7 +1597,8 @@ int __get_user_pages(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm,
 					tsk->min_flt++;
 
 				if (ret & VM_FAULT_RETRY) {
-					*nonblocking = 0;
+					if (nonblocking)
+						*nonblocking = 0;
 					return i;
 				}