diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf.c b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
index 4ba7495cf7d5453b99b487cc89845f318cfe87b2..5314ef0cfb6355611a23db9cf1d3226ed2490239 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
@@ -730,6 +730,7 @@ static int load_elf_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
 		struct elfhdr interp_elf_ex;
 	} *loc;
 	struct arch_elf_state arch_state = INIT_ARCH_ELF_STATE;
+	const int snapshot_randomize_va_space = READ_ONCE(randomize_va_space);
 	loff_t pos;
 
 	loc = kmalloc(sizeof(*loc), GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -897,7 +898,7 @@ static int load_elf_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
 	if (elf_read_implies_exec(loc->elf_ex, executable_stack))
 		current->personality |= READ_IMPLIES_EXEC;
 
-	if (!(current->personality & ADDR_NO_RANDOMIZE) && randomize_va_space)
+	if (!(current->personality & ADDR_NO_RANDOMIZE) && snapshot_randomize_va_space)
 		current->flags |= PF_RANDOMIZE;
 
 	setup_new_exec(bprm);
@@ -1161,7 +1162,7 @@ static int load_elf_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
 	current->mm->end_data = end_data;
 	current->mm->start_stack = bprm->p;
 
-	if ((current->flags & PF_RANDOMIZE) && (randomize_va_space > 1)) {
+	if ((current->flags & PF_RANDOMIZE) && (snapshot_randomize_va_space > 1)) {
 		/*
 		 * For architectures with ELF randomization, when executing
 		 * a loader directly (i.e. no interpreter listed in ELF