diff --git a/kernel/events/uprobes.c b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
index 7ca1940607bd..1cbfe3cfe573 100644
--- a/kernel/events/uprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ static int __uprobe_write_opcode(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
  * @opcode_vaddr: the virtual address to store the opcode.
  * @opcode: opcode to be written at @opcode_vaddr.
  *
- * Called with mm->mmap_lock held for read or write.
+ * Called with mm->mmap_lock held for write.
  * Return 0 (success) or a negative errno.
  */
 int uprobe_write_opcode(struct arch_uprobe *auprobe, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
@@ -1463,7 +1463,7 @@ static int unapply_uprobe(struct uprobe *uprobe, struct mm_struct *mm)
 	struct vm_area_struct *vma;
 	int err = 0;
 
-	mmap_read_lock(mm);
+	mmap_write_lock(mm);
 	for_each_vma(vmi, vma) {
 		unsigned long vaddr;
 		loff_t offset;
@@ -1480,7 +1480,7 @@ static int unapply_uprobe(struct uprobe *uprobe, struct mm_struct *mm)
 		vaddr = offset_to_vaddr(vma, uprobe->offset);
 		err |= remove_breakpoint(uprobe, vma, vaddr);
 	}
-	mmap_read_unlock(mm);
+	mmap_write_unlock(mm);
 
 	return err;
 }