diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 73996c89ec81..f7746df8fb5a 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 8bbde7a7062facf8af35bcc9a64cbafe8f36f3cf
+refs/heads/master: f2053f1a7bf6005b4e81826b1ac8d0b4117c4cf0
diff --git a/trunk/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso.c b/trunk/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso.c
index 3faaf29bdb29..94e2df3cae07 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso.c
+++ b/trunk/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso.c
@@ -240,6 +240,13 @@ int arch_setup_additional_pages(struct linux_binprm *bprm, int uses_interp)
 		goto fail_mmapsem;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Put vDSO base into mm struct. We need to do this before calling
+	 * install_special_mapping or the perf counter mmap tracking code
+	 * will fail to recognise it as a vDSO (since arch_vma_name fails).
+	 */
+	current->mm->context.vdso_base = vdso_base;
+
 	/*
 	 * our vma flags don't have VM_WRITE so by default, the process isn't
 	 * allowed to write those pages.
@@ -260,11 +267,10 @@ int arch_setup_additional_pages(struct linux_binprm *bprm, int uses_interp)
 				     VM_MAYREAD|VM_MAYWRITE|VM_MAYEXEC|
 				     VM_ALWAYSDUMP,
 				     vdso_pagelist);
-	if (rc)
+	if (rc) {
+		current->mm->context.vdso_base = 0;
 		goto fail_mmapsem;
-
-	/* Put vDSO base into mm struct */
-	current->mm->context.vdso_base = vdso_base;
+	}
 
 	up_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
 	return 0;