diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index 129b847d30cc..64c9d736155c 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include <linux/mempolicy.h>
 #include <linux/rmap.h>
 #include <linux/mmu_notifier.h>
+#include <linux/mmdebug.h>
 #include <linux/perf_event.h>
 #include <linux/audit.h>
 #include <linux/khugepaged.h>
@@ -134,6 +135,10 @@ int __vm_enough_memory(struct mm_struct *mm, long pages, int cap_sys_admin)
 {
 	unsigned long free, allowed, reserve;
 
+	VM_WARN_ONCE(percpu_counter_read(&vm_committed_as) <
+			-(s64)vm_committed_as_batch * num_online_cpus(),
+			"memory commitment underflow");
+
 	vm_acct_memory(pages);
 
 	/*