diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/memory.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/memory.c
index 01b6f643..bb0fbf0b 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/memory.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/memory.c
@@ -1807,7 +1807,6 @@ static int clear_range_l1(void *args0, pte_t *ptep, uint64_t base,
 			ihk_mc_free_pages_user(phys_to_virt(phys), npages);
 			dkprintf("%s: freeing regular page at 0x%lx\n", __FUNCTION__, base);
 		}
-		args->vm->currss -= PTL1_SIZE;
 	}
 	
 	return 0;
@@ -1887,7 +1886,6 @@ static int clear_range_middle(void *args0, pte_t *ptep, uint64_t base,
 				ihk_mc_free_pages_user(phys_to_virt(phys), npages);
 				dkprintf("%s(level=%d): freeing large page at 0x%lx\n", __FUNCTION__, level, base);
 			}
-			args->vm->currss -= tbl.pgsize;
 		}
 
 		return 0;
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/memory.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/memory.c
index 74296236..c7ccee7f 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/memory.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/memory.c
@@ -1542,7 +1542,6 @@ static int clear_range_l1(void *args0, pte_t *ptep, uint64_t base,
 				dkprintf("%lx-,%s: calling memory_stat_rss_sub(),phys=%lx,size=%ld,pgsize=%ld\n", pte_get_phys(&old), __FUNCTION__, pte_get_phys(&old), PTL1_SIZE, PTL1_SIZE);
 				rusage_memory_stat_sub(args->memobj, PTL1_SIZE, PTL1_SIZE); 
 			}
-			args->vm->currss -= PTL1_SIZE;
 		}  else {
 			dkprintf("%s: !calling memory_stat_rss_sub(),virt=%lx,phys=%lx\n", __FUNCTION__, base, pte_get_phys(&old));
 		}
@@ -1611,7 +1610,6 @@ static int clear_range_l2(void *args0, pte_t *ptep, uint64_t base,
 					dkprintf("%lx-,%s: calling memory_stat_rss_sub(),phys=%lx,size=%ld,pgsize=%ld\n", pte_get_phys(&old), __FUNCTION__, pte_get_phys(&old), PTL2_SIZE, PTL2_SIZE);
 					rusage_memory_stat_sub(args->memobj, PTL2_SIZE, PTL2_SIZE); 
 				}
-				args->vm->currss -= PTL2_SIZE;
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -1693,7 +1691,6 @@ static int clear_range_l3(void *args0, pte_t *ptep, uint64_t base,
 					dkprintf("%lx-,%s: calling memory_stat_rss_sub(),phys=%lx,size=%ld,pgsize=%ld\n", pte_get_phys(&old), __FUNCTION__, pte_get_phys(&old), PTL3_SIZE, PTL3_SIZE);
 					rusage_memory_stat_sub(args->memobj, PTL3_SIZE, PTL3_SIZE); 
 				}
-				args->vm->currss -= PTL3_SIZE;
 			}
 		}
 
diff --git a/kernel/include/rusage_private.h b/kernel/include/rusage_private.h
index 4648515a..dcc8f342 100644
--- a/kernel/include/rusage_private.h
+++ b/kernel/include/rusage_private.h
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ rusage_rss_add(unsigned long size)
 	unsigned long newval;
 	unsigned long oldval;
 	unsigned long retval;
+	struct process_vm *vm = cpu_local_var(current)->vm;
 
 	newval = __sync_add_and_fetch(&rusage->rss_current, size);
 	oldval = rusage->memory_max_usage;
@@ -46,12 +47,23 @@ rusage_rss_add(unsigned long size)
 		}
 		oldval = retval;
 	}
+
+	/* process rss */
+	vm->currss += size;
+	if (vm->currss > vm->proc->maxrss) {
+		vm->proc->maxrss = vm->currss;
+	}
 }
 
 static inline void
 rusage_rss_sub(unsigned long size)
 {
+	struct process_vm *vm = cpu_local_var(current)->vm;
+
 	__sync_sub_and_fetch(&rusage->rss_current, size);
+
+	/* process rss */
+	vm->currss -= size;
 }
 
 static inline void memory_stat_rss_add(unsigned long size, int pgsize)
diff --git a/kernel/process.c b/kernel/process.c
index 6ef9015c..4aabea19 100644
--- a/kernel/process.c
+++ b/kernel/process.c
@@ -1942,9 +1942,6 @@ retry:
 		// memory_stat_rss_add() is called in downstream with !memobj check
 	}
 	flush_tlb_single(fault_addr);
-	vm->currss += pgsize;
-	if(vm->currss > vm->proc->maxrss)
-		vm->proc->maxrss = vm->currss;
 
 	error = 0;
 	page = NULL;