diff --git a/mm/internal.h b/mm/internal.h
index 081bc8cb67de..e23442e619f8 100644
--- a/mm/internal.h
+++ b/mm/internal.h
@@ -110,6 +110,24 @@ static inline int mmap_file(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 	return err;
 }
 
+/*
+ * If the VMA has a close hook then close it, and since closing it might leave
+ * it in an inconsistent state which makes the use of any hooks suspect, clear
+ * them down by installing dummy empty hooks.
+ */
+static inline void vma_close(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+{
+	if (vma->vm_ops && vma->vm_ops->close) {
+		vma->vm_ops->close(vma);
+
+		/*
+		 * The mapping is in an inconsistent state, and no further hooks
+		 * may be invoked upon it.
+		 */
+		vma->vm_ops = &vma_dummy_vm_ops;
+	}
+}
+
 void __acct_reclaim_writeback(pg_data_t *pgdat, struct folio *folio,
 						int nr_throttled);
 static inline void acct_reclaim_writeback(struct folio *folio)
diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index c00e514ad168..04d598066bc0 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -137,8 +137,7 @@ void unlink_file_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 static void remove_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma, bool unreachable)
 {
 	might_sleep();
-	if (vma->vm_ops && vma->vm_ops->close)
-		vma->vm_ops->close(vma);
+	vma_close(vma);
 	if (vma->vm_file)
 		fput(vma->vm_file);
 	mpol_put(vma_policy(vma));
@@ -2954,8 +2953,7 @@ expanded:
 	return addr;
 
 close_and_free_vma:
-	if (file && vma->vm_ops && vma->vm_ops->close)
-		vma->vm_ops->close(vma);
+	vma_close(vma);
 
 	if (file || vma->vm_file) {
 unmap_and_free_vma:
@@ -3443,8 +3441,7 @@ struct vm_area_struct *copy_vma(struct vm_area_struct **vmap,
 	return new_vma;
 
 out_vma_link:
-	if (new_vma->vm_ops && new_vma->vm_ops->close)
-		new_vma->vm_ops->close(new_vma);
+	vma_close(new_vma);
 
 	if (new_vma->vm_file)
 		fput(new_vma->vm_file);
diff --git a/mm/nommu.c b/mm/nommu.c
index 7258fef86151..99a24ad9c603 100644
--- a/mm/nommu.c
+++ b/mm/nommu.c
@@ -600,8 +600,7 @@ static int delete_vma_from_mm(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
  */
 static void delete_vma(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
-	if (vma->vm_ops && vma->vm_ops->close)
-		vma->vm_ops->close(vma);
+	vma_close(vma);
 	if (vma->vm_file)
 		fput(vma->vm_file);
 	put_nommu_region(vma->vm_region);