diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/ashmem.c b/drivers/staging/android/ashmem.c
index e9c74c41aece..b4c425383f99 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/android/ashmem.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/android/ashmem.c
@@ -447,7 +447,9 @@ ashmem_shrink_scan(struct shrinker *shrink, struct shrink_control *sc)
 	if (!(sc->gfp_mask & __GFP_FS))
 		return SHRINK_STOP;
 
-	mutex_lock(&ashmem_mutex);
+	if (!mutex_trylock(&ashmem_mutex))
+		return -1;
+
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(range, next, &ashmem_lru_list, lru) {
 		loff_t start = range->pgstart * PAGE_SIZE;
 		loff_t end = (range->pgend + 1) * PAGE_SIZE;