diff --git a/kernel/bpf/ringbuf.c b/kernel/bpf/ringbuf.c
index e1cfe890e0be..1499d8caa9a3 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/ringbuf.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/ringbuf.c
@@ -268,8 +268,6 @@ static int ringbuf_map_mmap_kern(struct bpf_map *map, struct vm_area_struct *vma
 		/* allow writable mapping for the consumer_pos only */
 		if (vma->vm_pgoff != 0 || vma->vm_end - vma->vm_start != PAGE_SIZE)
 			return -EPERM;
-	} else {
-		vm_flags_clear(vma, VM_MAYWRITE);
 	}
 	/* remap_vmalloc_range() checks size and offset constraints */
 	return remap_vmalloc_range(vma, rb_map->rb,
@@ -289,8 +287,6 @@ static int ringbuf_map_mmap_user(struct bpf_map *map, struct vm_area_struct *vma
 			 * position, and the ring buffer data itself.
 			 */
 			return -EPERM;
-	} else {
-		vm_flags_clear(vma, VM_MAYWRITE);
 	}
 	/* remap_vmalloc_range() checks size and offset constraints */
 	return remap_vmalloc_range(vma, rb_map->rb, vma->vm_pgoff + RINGBUF_PGOFF);
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/syscall.c b/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
index 0daf098e3207..9bec3dce421f 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
@@ -1065,15 +1065,21 @@ static int bpf_map_mmap(struct file *filp, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 	vma->vm_ops = &bpf_map_default_vmops;
 	vma->vm_private_data = map;
 	vm_flags_clear(vma, VM_MAYEXEC);
+	/* If mapping is read-only, then disallow potentially re-mapping with
+	 * PROT_WRITE by dropping VM_MAYWRITE flag. This VM_MAYWRITE clearing
+	 * means that as far as BPF map's memory-mapped VMAs are concerned,
+	 * VM_WRITE and VM_MAYWRITE and equivalent, if one of them is set,
+	 * both should be set, so we can forget about VM_MAYWRITE and always
+	 * check just VM_WRITE
+	 */
 	if (!(vma->vm_flags & VM_WRITE))
-		/* disallow re-mapping with PROT_WRITE */
 		vm_flags_clear(vma, VM_MAYWRITE);
 
 	err = map->ops->map_mmap(map, vma);
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
 
-	if (vma->vm_flags & VM_MAYWRITE)
+	if (vma->vm_flags & VM_WRITE)
 		bpf_map_write_active_inc(map);
 out:
 	mutex_unlock(&map->freeze_mutex);