1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
index 7ef0903058ee..5016f19e1661 100644
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -2140,6 +2140,14 @@ struct vm_struct *alloc_vm_area(size_t size)
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * If the allocated address space is passed to a hypercall
+	 * before being used then we cannot rely on a page fault to
+	 * trigger an update of the page tables.  So sync all the page
+	 * tables here.
+	 */
+	vmalloc_sync_all();
+
 	return area;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(alloc_vm_area);