diff --git a/mm/rmap.c b/mm/rmap.c
index 9d2ba01bd4f91d3db707524cc9bafd5e81f623b4..92e6757f196ed4e3b3598c1f8b7214616a4cbe39 100644
--- a/mm/rmap.c
+++ b/mm/rmap.c
@@ -381,7 +381,13 @@ vma_address(struct page *page, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 unsigned long page_address_in_vma(struct page *page, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
 	if (PageAnon(page)) {
-		if (vma->anon_vma->root != page_anon_vma(page)->root)
+		struct anon_vma *page__anon_vma = page_anon_vma(page);
+		/*
+		 * Note: swapoff's unuse_vma() is more efficient with this
+		 * check, and needs it to match anon_vma when KSM is active.
+		 */
+		if (!vma->anon_vma || !page__anon_vma ||
+		    vma->anon_vma->root != page__anon_vma->root)
 			return -EFAULT;
 	} else if (page->mapping && !(vma->vm_flags & VM_NONLINEAR)) {
 		if (!vma->vm_file ||