diff --git a/mm/mlock.c b/mm/mlock.c
index 8d21e5e91b4fbcf380a5108e4445db8c33726a98..8112a2200d3ebe7dacd416058c1a90892311a242 100644
--- a/mm/mlock.c
+++ b/mm/mlock.c
@@ -797,7 +797,8 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(mlockall, int, flags)
 	unsigned long lock_limit;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (!flags || (flags & ~(MCL_CURRENT | MCL_FUTURE | MCL_ONFAULT)))
+	if (!flags || (flags & ~(MCL_CURRENT | MCL_FUTURE | MCL_ONFAULT)) ||
+	    flags == MCL_ONFAULT)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (!can_do_mlock())