diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-core.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-core.c
index 1a096a62ef309d177112971f7e2cb7e62e1559d0..d835814a24d48311539a48a98f7aba07b54412a8 100644
--- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-core.c
+++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-core.c
@@ -1662,7 +1662,9 @@ static int __buf_prepare(struct vb2_buffer *vb, const struct v4l2_buffer *b)
 		ret = __qbuf_mmap(vb, b);
 		break;
 	case V4L2_MEMORY_USERPTR:
+		down_read(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
 		ret = __qbuf_userptr(vb, b);
+		up_read(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
 		break;
 	case V4L2_MEMORY_DMABUF:
 		ret = __qbuf_dmabuf(vb, b);
diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-dma-contig.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-dma-contig.c
index 369df95af5c74fa4c5b1869763063935914c5f41..94c1e6455d365de7faa1b4b0df14ce279820d5f2 100644
--- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-dma-contig.c
+++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-dma-contig.c
@@ -532,9 +532,7 @@ static void vb2_dc_put_userptr(void *buf_priv)
 		sg_free_table(sgt);
 		kfree(sgt);
 	}
-	down_read(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
 	vb2_put_vma(buf->vma);
-	up_read(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
 	kfree(buf);
 }
 
@@ -618,7 +616,6 @@ static void *vb2_dc_get_userptr(void *alloc_ctx, unsigned long vaddr,
 		goto fail_buf;
 	}
 
-	down_read(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
 	/* current->mm->mmap_sem is taken by videobuf2 core */
 	vma = find_vma(current->mm, vaddr);
 	if (!vma) {
@@ -645,7 +642,6 @@ static void *vb2_dc_get_userptr(void *alloc_ctx, unsigned long vaddr,
 	if (ret) {
 		unsigned long pfn;
 		if (vb2_dc_get_user_pfn(start, n_pages, vma, &pfn) == 0) {
-			up_read(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
 			buf->dma_addr = vb2_dc_pfn_to_dma(buf->dev, pfn);
 			buf->size = size;
 			kfree(pages);
@@ -655,7 +651,6 @@ static void *vb2_dc_get_userptr(void *alloc_ctx, unsigned long vaddr,
 		pr_err("failed to get user pages\n");
 		goto fail_vma;
 	}
-	up_read(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
 
 	sgt = kzalloc(sizeof(*sgt), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!sgt) {
@@ -718,12 +713,10 @@ static void *vb2_dc_get_userptr(void *alloc_ctx, unsigned long vaddr,
 		while (n_pages)
 			put_page(pages[--n_pages]);
 
-	down_read(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
 fail_vma:
 	vb2_put_vma(buf->vma);
 
 fail_pages:
-	up_read(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
 	kfree(pages); /* kfree is NULL-proof */
 
 fail_buf:
diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-dma-sg.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-dma-sg.c
index d7bcb05c705884c24df86c25420f4584bc6cd536..7289b81bd7b72e46acf5f522a2341a31088020e4 100644
--- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-dma-sg.c
+++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-dma-sg.c
@@ -264,7 +264,6 @@ static void *vb2_dma_sg_get_userptr(void *alloc_ctx, unsigned long vaddr,
 	if (!buf->pages)
 		goto userptr_fail_alloc_pages;
 
-	down_read(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
 	vma = find_vma(current->mm, vaddr);
 	if (!vma) {
 		dprintk(1, "no vma for address %lu\n", vaddr);
@@ -303,7 +302,6 @@ static void *vb2_dma_sg_get_userptr(void *alloc_ctx, unsigned long vaddr,
 					     1, /* force */
 					     buf->pages,
 					     NULL);
-	up_read(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
 
 	if (num_pages_from_user != buf->num_pages)
 		goto userptr_fail_get_user_pages;
@@ -333,10 +331,8 @@ static void *vb2_dma_sg_get_userptr(void *alloc_ctx, unsigned long vaddr,
 	if (!vma_is_io(buf->vma))
 		while (--num_pages_from_user >= 0)
 			put_page(buf->pages[num_pages_from_user]);
-	down_read(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
 	vb2_put_vma(buf->vma);
 userptr_fail_find_vma:
-	up_read(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
 	kfree(buf->pages);
 userptr_fail_alloc_pages:
 	kfree(buf);
@@ -370,9 +366,7 @@ static void vb2_dma_sg_put_userptr(void *buf_priv)
 			put_page(buf->pages[i]);
 	}
 	kfree(buf->pages);
-	down_read(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
 	vb2_put_vma(buf->vma);
-	up_read(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
 	kfree(buf);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-vmalloc.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-vmalloc.c
index f6656fefc03545b500653cfc98a94d7dcb202953..2fe4c27f524a85d9732ba4cbc72f5979f954466f 100644
--- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-vmalloc.c
+++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-vmalloc.c
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ static void *vb2_vmalloc_get_userptr(void *alloc_ctx, unsigned long vaddr,
 	offset = vaddr & ~PAGE_MASK;
 	buf->size = size;
 
-	down_read(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
+
 	vma = find_vma(current->mm, vaddr);
 	if (vma && (vma->vm_flags & VM_PFNMAP) && (vma->vm_pgoff)) {
 		if (vb2_get_contig_userptr(vaddr, size, &vma, &physp))
@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@ static void *vb2_vmalloc_get_userptr(void *alloc_ctx, unsigned long vaddr,
 		if (!buf->vaddr)
 			goto fail_get_user_pages;
 	}
-	up_read(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
 
 	buf->vaddr += offset;
 	return buf;
@@ -134,7 +133,6 @@ static void *vb2_vmalloc_get_userptr(void *alloc_ctx, unsigned long vaddr,
 	kfree(buf->pages);
 
 fail_pages_array_alloc:
-	up_read(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
 	kfree(buf);
 
 	return NULL;
@@ -146,7 +144,6 @@ static void vb2_vmalloc_put_userptr(void *buf_priv)
 	unsigned long vaddr = (unsigned long)buf->vaddr & PAGE_MASK;
 	unsigned int i;
 
-	down_read(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
 	if (buf->pages) {
 		if (vaddr)
 			vm_unmap_ram((void *)vaddr, buf->n_pages);
@@ -160,7 +157,6 @@ static void vb2_vmalloc_put_userptr(void *buf_priv)
 		vb2_put_vma(buf->vma);
 		iounmap((__force void __iomem *)buf->vaddr);
 	}
-	up_read(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
 	kfree(buf);
 }