diff --git a/include/linux/mempolicy.h b/include/linux/mempolicy.h
index 0fe96f3ab3ef..65c732d440d2 100644
--- a/include/linux/mempolicy.h
+++ b/include/linux/mempolicy.h
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ struct mempolicy {
 		nodemask_t cpuset_mems_allowed;	/* relative to these nodes */
 		nodemask_t user_nodemask;	/* nodemask passed by user */
 	} w;
+	struct rcu_head rcu;
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/kernel/futex/core.c b/kernel/futex/core.c
index cf7e610eac42..31e83a09789e 100644
--- a/kernel/futex/core.c
+++ b/kernel/futex/core.c
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ static int __futex_key_to_node(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr)
 	if (!vma)
 		return FUTEX_NO_NODE;
 
-	mpol = vma_policy(vma);
+	mpol = READ_ONCE(vma->vm_policy);
 	if (!mpol)
 		return FUTEX_NO_NODE;
 
diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index 0e5175f1c767..cf92bd6a8226 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -487,7 +487,13 @@ void __mpol_put(struct mempolicy *pol)
 {
 	if (!atomic_dec_and_test(&pol->refcnt))
 		return;
-	kmem_cache_free(policy_cache, pol);
+	/*
+	 * Required to allow mmap_lock_speculative*() access, see for example
+	 * futex_key_to_node_opt(). All accesses are serialized by mmap_lock,
+	 * however the speculative lock section unbound by the normal lock
+	 * boundaries, requiring RCU freeing.
+	 */
+	kfree_rcu(pol, rcu);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_MODULES(__mpol_put, "kvm");
 
@@ -1020,7 +1026,7 @@ static int vma_replace_policy(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	}
 
 	old = vma->vm_policy;
-	vma->vm_policy = new; /* protected by mmap_lock */
+	WRITE_ONCE(vma->vm_policy, new); /* protected by mmap_lock */
 	mpol_put(old);
 
 	return 0;