diff --git a/arch/riscv/Kconfig b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
index 06b9b2f60b9f..45d52d465e1d 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ config RISCV
 	select HAVE_RSEQ
 	select IRQ_DOMAIN
 	select IRQ_FORCED_THREADING
+	select LOCK_MM_AND_FIND_VMA
 	select MODULES_USE_ELF_RELA if MODULES
 	select MODULE_SECTIONS if MODULES
 	select OF
diff --git a/arch/riscv/mm/fault.c b/arch/riscv/mm/fault.c
index eb0774d9c03b..274bc6dd839f 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/mm/fault.c
@@ -83,13 +83,13 @@ static inline void mm_fault_error(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long addr, vm_f
 	BUG();
 }
 
-static inline void bad_area(struct pt_regs *regs, struct mm_struct *mm, int code, unsigned long addr)
+static inline void
+bad_area_nosemaphore(struct pt_regs *regs, int code, unsigned long addr)
 {
 	/*
 	 * Something tried to access memory that isn't in our memory map.
 	 * Fix it, but check if it's kernel or user first.
 	 */
-	mmap_read_unlock(mm);
 	/* User mode accesses just cause a SIGSEGV */
 	if (user_mode(regs)) {
 		do_trap(regs, SIGSEGV, code, addr);
@@ -99,6 +99,15 @@ static inline void bad_area(struct pt_regs *regs, struct mm_struct *mm, int code
 	no_context(regs, addr);
 }
 
+static inline void
+bad_area(struct pt_regs *regs, struct mm_struct *mm, int code,
+	 unsigned long addr)
+{
+	mmap_read_unlock(mm);
+
+	bad_area_nosemaphore(regs, code, addr);
+}
+
 static inline void vmalloc_fault(struct pt_regs *regs, int code, unsigned long addr)
 {
 	pgd_t *pgd, *pgd_k;
@@ -281,23 +290,10 @@ asmlinkage void do_page_fault(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	else if (cause == EXC_INST_PAGE_FAULT)
 		flags |= FAULT_FLAG_INSTRUCTION;
 retry:
-	mmap_read_lock(mm);
-	vma = find_vma(mm, addr);
+	vma = lock_mm_and_find_vma(mm, addr, regs);
 	if (unlikely(!vma)) {
 		tsk->thread.bad_cause = cause;
-		bad_area(regs, mm, code, addr);
-		return;
-	}
-	if (likely(vma->vm_start <= addr))
-		goto good_area;
-	if (unlikely(!(vma->vm_flags & VM_GROWSDOWN))) {
-		tsk->thread.bad_cause = cause;
-		bad_area(regs, mm, code, addr);
-		return;
-	}
-	if (unlikely(expand_stack(vma, addr))) {
-		tsk->thread.bad_cause = cause;
-		bad_area(regs, mm, code, addr);
+		bad_area_nosemaphore(regs, code, addr);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -305,7 +301,6 @@ retry:
 	 * Ok, we have a good vm_area for this memory access, so
 	 * we can handle it.
 	 */
-good_area:
 	code = SEGV_ACCERR;
 
 	if (unlikely(access_error(cause, vma))) {