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diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index de981370fbc5..47d536e59fc0 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -3401,7 +3401,13 @@ int shmem_zero_setup(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
struct file *file;
loff_t size = vma->vm_end - vma->vm_start;
- file = shmem_file_setup("dev/zero", size, vma->vm_flags);
+ /*
+ * Cloning a new file under mmap_sem leads to a lock ordering conflict
+ * between XFS directory reading and selinux: since this file is only
+ * accessible to the user through its mapping, use S_PRIVATE flag to
+ * bypass file security, in the same way as shmem_kernel_file_setup().
+ */
+ file = __shmem_file_setup("dev/zero", size, vma->vm_flags, S_PRIVATE);
if (IS_ERR(file))
return PTR_ERR(file);
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