diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 38a3f4b15394..ea415136ac9e 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -386,6 +386,9 @@ extern void arch_unmap_area_topdown(struct mm_struct *, unsigned long);
 		(mm)->hiwater_vm = (mm)->total_vm;	\
 } while (0)
 
+#define get_mm_hiwater_rss(mm)	max((mm)->hiwater_rss, get_mm_rss(mm))
+#define get_mm_hiwater_vm(mm)	max((mm)->hiwater_vm, (mm)->total_vm)
+
 extern void set_dumpable(struct mm_struct *mm, int value);
 extern int get_dumpable(struct mm_struct *mm);
 
diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index f923724ab3c9..c7740fa3252c 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -1051,10 +1051,7 @@ NORET_TYPE void do_exit(long code)
 				preempt_count());
 
 	acct_update_integrals(tsk);
-	if (tsk->mm) {
-		update_hiwater_rss(tsk->mm);
-		update_hiwater_vm(tsk->mm);
-	}
+
 	group_dead = atomic_dec_and_test(&tsk->signal->live);
 	if (group_dead) {
 		hrtimer_cancel(&tsk->signal->real_timer);
diff --git a/kernel/tsacct.c b/kernel/tsacct.c
index 2dc06ab35716..43f891b05a4b 100644
--- a/kernel/tsacct.c
+++ b/kernel/tsacct.c
@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ void xacct_add_tsk(struct taskstats *stats, struct task_struct *p)
 	mm = get_task_mm(p);
 	if (mm) {
 		/* adjust to KB unit */
-		stats->hiwater_rss   = mm->hiwater_rss * PAGE_SIZE / KB;
-		stats->hiwater_vm    = mm->hiwater_vm * PAGE_SIZE / KB;
+		stats->hiwater_rss   = get_mm_hiwater_rss(mm) * PAGE_SIZE / KB;
+		stats->hiwater_vm    = get_mm_hiwater_vm(mm)  * PAGE_SIZE / KB;
 		mmput(mm);
 	}
 	stats->read_char	= p->ioac.rchar;
diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index e4507b23e620..1f97d8aa9b05 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -2102,7 +2102,7 @@ void exit_mmap(struct mm_struct *mm)
 	lru_add_drain();
 	flush_cache_mm(mm);
 	tlb = tlb_gather_mmu(mm, 1);
-	/* Don't update_hiwater_rss(mm) here, do_exit already did */
+	/* update_hiwater_rss(mm) here? but nobody should be looking */
 	/* Use -1 here to ensure all VMAs in the mm are unmapped */
 	end = unmap_vmas(&tlb, vma, 0, -1, &nr_accounted, NULL);
 	vm_unacct_memory(nr_accounted);