diff --git a/drivers/android/binder_alloc.c b/drivers/android/binder_alloc.c
index 7d10b7e4d767..8dc677f58ebb 100644
--- a/drivers/android/binder_alloc.c
+++ b/drivers/android/binder_alloc.c
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ static int binder_update_page_range(struct binder_alloc *alloc, int allocate,
 		mm = alloc->mm;
 
 	if (mm) {
-		mmap_write_lock(mm);
+		mmap_read_lock(mm);
 		vma = alloc->vma;
 	}
 
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ static int binder_update_page_range(struct binder_alloc *alloc, int allocate,
 		trace_binder_alloc_page_end(alloc, index);
 	}
 	if (mm) {
-		mmap_write_unlock(mm);
+		mmap_read_unlock(mm);
 		mmput(mm);
 	}
 	return 0;
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ err_page_ptr_cleared:
 	}
 err_no_vma:
 	if (mm) {
-		mmap_write_unlock(mm);
+		mmap_read_unlock(mm);
 		mmput(mm);
 	}
 	return vma ? -ENOMEM : -ESRCH;