diff --git a/fs/fuse/file.c b/fs/fuse/file.c
index 148a71b8b4d0..b9cff9b6ca1b 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/file.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/file.c
@@ -2468,7 +2468,8 @@ static int fuse_file_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 		return fuse_dax_mmap(file, vma);
 
 	if (ff->open_flags & FOPEN_DIRECT_IO) {
-		/* Can't provide the coherency needed for MAP_SHARED
+		/*
+		 * Can't provide the coherency needed for MAP_SHARED
 		 * if FUSE_DIRECT_IO_ALLOW_MMAP isn't set.
 		 */
 		if ((vma->vm_flags & VM_MAYSHARE) && !fc->direct_io_allow_mmap)
@@ -2476,7 +2477,10 @@ static int fuse_file_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 
 		invalidate_inode_pages2(file->f_mapping);
 
-		return generic_file_mmap(file, vma);
+		if (!(vma->vm_flags & VM_MAYSHARE)) {
+			/* MAP_PRIVATE */
+			return generic_file_mmap(file, vma);
+		}
 	}
 
 	if ((vma->vm_flags & VM_SHARED) && (vma->vm_flags & VM_MAYWRITE))