diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf.c b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
index 46f0438088d380b13fbdcb1fa82458446c79f6ec..41e04183e4ce84a38e18a3997eb6708c3e8234f6 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
@@ -895,7 +895,7 @@ static int load_elf_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
 	   the correct location in memory. */
 	for(i = 0, elf_ppnt = elf_phdata;
 	    i < loc->elf_ex.e_phnum; i++, elf_ppnt++) {
-		int elf_prot = 0, elf_flags;
+		int elf_prot = 0, elf_flags, elf_fixed = MAP_FIXED_NOREPLACE;
 		unsigned long k, vaddr;
 		unsigned long total_size = 0;
 
@@ -927,6 +927,13 @@ static int load_elf_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
 					 */
 				}
 			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Some binaries have overlapping elf segments and then
+			 * we have to forcefully map over an existing mapping
+			 * e.g. over this newly established brk mapping.
+			 */
+			elf_fixed = MAP_FIXED;
 		}
 
 		if (elf_ppnt->p_flags & PF_R)
@@ -944,7 +951,7 @@ static int load_elf_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
 		 * the ET_DYN load_addr calculations, proceed normally.
 		 */
 		if (loc->elf_ex.e_type == ET_EXEC || load_addr_set) {
-			elf_flags |= MAP_FIXED_NOREPLACE;
+			elf_flags |= elf_fixed;
 		} else if (loc->elf_ex.e_type == ET_DYN) {
 			/*
 			 * This logic is run once for the first LOAD Program
@@ -980,7 +987,7 @@ static int load_elf_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
 				load_bias = ELF_ET_DYN_BASE;
 				if (current->flags & PF_RANDOMIZE)
 					load_bias += arch_mmap_rnd();
-				elf_flags |= MAP_FIXED_NOREPLACE;
+				elf_flags |= elf_fixed;
 			} else
 				load_bias = 0;