diff --git a/mm/madvise.c b/mm/madvise.c
index e994dcb..76eb419 100644
--- a/mm/madvise.c
+++ b/mm/madvise.c
@@ -238,12 +238,30 @@
 		break;
 
 	default:
-		error = -EINVAL;
+		BUG();
 		break;
 	}
 	return error;
 }
 
+static int
+madvise_behavior_valid(int behavior)
+{
+	switch (behavior) {
+	case MADV_DOFORK:
+	case MADV_DONTFORK:
+	case MADV_NORMAL:
+	case MADV_SEQUENTIAL:
+	case MADV_RANDOM:
+	case MADV_REMOVE:
+	case MADV_WILLNEED:
+	case MADV_DONTNEED:
+		return 1;
+
+	default:
+		return 0;
+	}
+}
 /*
  * The madvise(2) system call.
  *
@@ -289,6 +307,9 @@
 	int write;
 	size_t len;
 
+	if (!madvise_behavior_valid(behavior))
+		return error;
+
 	write = madvise_need_mmap_write(behavior);
 	if (write)
 		down_write(&current->mm->mmap_sem);