diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 039fab699a1adf..5afdb5b8d4e2bb 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -2377,12 +2377,12 @@ void unmap_mapping_range(struct address_space *mapping,
 		details.last_index = ULONG_MAX;
 
 
-	i_mmap_lock_write(mapping);
+	i_mmap_lock_read(mapping);
 	if (unlikely(!RB_EMPTY_ROOT(&mapping->i_mmap)))
 		unmap_mapping_range_tree(&mapping->i_mmap, &details);
 	if (unlikely(!list_empty(&mapping->i_mmap_nonlinear)))
 		unmap_mapping_range_list(&mapping->i_mmap_nonlinear, &details);
-	i_mmap_unlock_write(mapping);
+	i_mmap_unlock_read(mapping);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(unmap_mapping_range);