diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index 1b11ccc0a3b75a..8e506a45a6efb0 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -1464,6 +1464,8 @@ static struct inode *shmem_get_inode(struct super_block *sb, const struct inode
 			mpol_shared_policy_init(&info->policy, NULL);
 			break;
 		}
+
+		lockdep_annotate_inode_mutex_key(inode);
 	} else
 		shmem_free_inode(sb);
 	return inode;