diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/smp.c b/arch/mips/kernel/smp.c
index 1986d1309410..1d93b85271ba 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/smp.c
@@ -518,6 +518,12 @@ static inline void smp_on_each_tlb(void (*func) (void *info), void *info)
 
 void flush_tlb_mm(struct mm_struct *mm)
 {
+	if (!mm)
+		return;
+
+	if (atomic_read(&mm->mm_users) == 0)
+		return;		/* happens as a result of exit_mmap() */
+
 	preempt_disable();
 
 	if (cpu_has_mmid) {