diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/ashmem.c b/drivers/staging/android/ashmem.c
index f4ffac4..ac66640 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/android/ashmem.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/android/ashmem.c
@@ -370,8 +370,23 @@
 	       _calc_vm_trans(prot, PROT_EXEC,  VM_MAYEXEC);
 }
 
+static int ashmem_vmfile_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+{
+	/* do not allow to mmap ashmem backing shmem file directly */
+	return -EPERM;
+}
+
+static unsigned long
+ashmem_vmfile_get_unmapped_area(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,
+				unsigned long len, unsigned long pgoff,
+				unsigned long flags)
+{
+	return current->mm->get_unmapped_area(file, addr, len, pgoff, flags);
+}
+
 static int ashmem_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
+	static struct file_operations vmfile_fops;
 	struct ashmem_area *asma = file->private_data;
 	int ret = 0;
 
@@ -406,6 +421,19 @@
 		}
 		vmfile->f_mode |= FMODE_LSEEK;
 		asma->file = vmfile;
+		/*
+		 * override mmap operation of the vmfile so that it can't be
+		 * remapped which would lead to creation of a new vma with no
+		 * asma permission checks. Have to override get_unmapped_area
+		 * as well to prevent VM_BUG_ON check for f_ops modification.
+		 */
+		if (!vmfile_fops.mmap) {
+			vmfile_fops = *vmfile->f_op;
+			vmfile_fops.mmap = ashmem_vmfile_mmap;
+			vmfile_fops.get_unmapped_area =
+					ashmem_vmfile_get_unmapped_area;
+		}
+		vmfile->f_op = &vmfile_fops;
 	}
 	get_file(asma->file);