diff --git a/mm/vma.c b/mm/vma.c
index 78af0e530066..4f2c56c57040 100644
--- a/mm/vma.c
+++ b/mm/vma.c
@@ -2587,6 +2587,8 @@ static int __mmap_new_file_vma(struct mmap_state *map,
 static int __mmap_new_vma(struct mmap_state *map, struct vm_area_struct **vmap,
 	struct mmap_action *action)
 {
+	const bool is_anon = !map->file &&
+		!vma_flags_test(&map->vma_flags, VMA_SHARED_BIT);
 	struct vma_iterator *vmi = map->vmi;
 	int error = 0;
 	struct vm_area_struct *vma;
@@ -2601,6 +2603,10 @@ static int __mmap_new_vma(struct mmap_state *map, struct vm_area_struct **vmap,
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	vma_iter_config(vmi, map->addr, map->end);
+
+	if (is_anon)
+		vma_set_anonymous(vma);
+
 	vma_set_range(vma, map->addr, map->end, map->pgoff);
 	vma->flags = map->vma_flags;
 	vma->vm_page_prot = map->page_prot;
@@ -2610,12 +2616,11 @@ static int __mmap_new_vma(struct mmap_state *map, struct vm_area_struct **vmap,
 		goto free_vma;
 	}
 
+	/* Invoke callbacks. */
 	if (map->file)
 		error = __mmap_new_file_vma(map, vma);
-	else if (vma_flags_test(&map->vma_flags, VMA_SHARED_BIT))
+	else if (!is_anon)
 		error = shmem_zero_setup(vma);
-	else
-		vma_set_anonymous(vma);
 
 	if (error)
 		goto free_iter_vma;