diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 3ca8f1f83fb3..e0f74be1423c 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ static __latent_entropy int dup_mmap(struct mm_struct *mm,
 
 			get_file(file);
 			if (tmp->vm_flags & VM_DENYWRITE)
-				atomic_dec(&inode->i_writecount);
+				put_write_access(inode);
 			i_mmap_lock_write(mapping);
 			if (tmp->vm_flags & VM_SHARED)
 				mapping_allow_writable(mapping);
diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index 67d11ad6df24..9fb9f8a233c7 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ static void __vma_link_file(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 		struct address_space *mapping = file->f_mapping;
 
 		if (vma->vm_flags & VM_DENYWRITE)
-			atomic_dec(&file_inode(file)->i_writecount);
+			put_write_access(file_inode(file));
 		if (vma->vm_flags & VM_SHARED)
 			mapping_allow_writable(mapping);