diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index e780d19aa21..eab6fcb65e1 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -220,6 +220,17 @@ asmlinkage unsigned long sys_brk(unsigned long brk)
 
 	if (brk < mm->end_code)
 		goto out;
+
+	/*
+	 * Check against rlimit here. If this check is done later after the test
+	 * of oldbrk with newbrk then it can escape the test and let the data
+	 * segment grow beyond its set limit the in case where the limit is
+	 * not page aligned -Ram Gupta
+	 */
+	rlim = current->signal->rlim[RLIMIT_DATA].rlim_cur;
+	if (rlim < RLIM_INFINITY && brk - mm->start_data > rlim)
+		goto out;
+
 	newbrk = PAGE_ALIGN(brk);
 	oldbrk = PAGE_ALIGN(mm->brk);
 	if (oldbrk == newbrk)
@@ -232,11 +243,6 @@ asmlinkage unsigned long sys_brk(unsigned long brk)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	/* Check against rlimit.. */
-	rlim = current->signal->rlim[RLIMIT_DATA].rlim_cur;
-	if (rlim < RLIM_INFINITY && brk - mm->start_data > rlim)
-		goto out;
-
 	/* Check against existing mmap mappings. */
 	if (find_vma_intersection(mm, oldbrk, newbrk+PAGE_SIZE))
 		goto out;