diff --git a/fs/ramfs/file-nommu.c b/fs/ramfs/file-nommu.c
index 52312ec93ff4..5145cb9125af 100644
--- a/fs/ramfs/file-nommu.c
+++ b/fs/ramfs/file-nommu.c
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ const struct inode_operations ramfs_file_inode_operations = {
  * size 0 on the assumption that it's going to be used for an mmap of shared
  * memory
  */
-static int ramfs_nommu_expand_for_mapping(struct inode *inode, size_t newsize)
+int ramfs_nommu_expand_for_mapping(struct inode *inode, size_t newsize)
 {
 	struct pagevec lru_pvec;
 	unsigned long npages, xpages, loop, limit;
diff --git a/include/linux/ramfs.h b/include/linux/ramfs.h
index b160fb18e8d6..37aaf2b39863 100644
--- a/include/linux/ramfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/ramfs.h
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ extern int ramfs_get_sb(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
 	 int flags, const char *dev_name, void *data, struct vfsmount *mnt);
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_MMU
+extern int ramfs_nommu_expand_for_mapping(struct inode *inode, size_t newsize);
 extern unsigned long ramfs_nommu_get_unmapped_area(struct file *file,
 						   unsigned long addr,
 						   unsigned long len,
diff --git a/mm/tiny-shmem.c b/mm/tiny-shmem.c
index d17cb6f6ab10..8d7a27a6335c 100644
--- a/mm/tiny-shmem.c
+++ b/mm/tiny-shmem.c
@@ -80,6 +80,12 @@ struct file *shmem_file_setup(char *name, loff_t size, unsigned long flags)
 	inode->i_nlink = 0;	/* It is unlinked */
 	init_file(file, shm_mnt, dentry, FMODE_WRITE | FMODE_READ,
 			&ramfs_file_operations);
+
+#ifndef CONFIG_MMU
+	error = ramfs_nommu_expand_for_mapping(inode, size);
+	if (error)
+		goto close_file;
+#endif
 	return file;
 
 close_file: