diff --git a/Kernel/VM/AnonymousVMObject.cpp b/Kernel/VM/AnonymousVMObject.cpp
index 25b014c440..2700590f43 100644
--- a/Kernel/VM/AnonymousVMObject.cpp
+++ b/Kernel/VM/AnonymousVMObject.cpp
@@ -39,16 +39,17 @@ RefPtr<VMObject> AnonymousVMObject::try_clone()
     if (!MM.commit_user_physical_pages(new_cow_pages_needed))
         return {};
 
-    if (m_shared_committed_cow_pages) {
-        // We already have shared committed COW pages with another object.
-        // That sharing pool grows and the clone joins it.
-        m_shared_committed_cow_pages->m_committed_pages += new_cow_pages_needed;
-    } else {
-        m_shared_committed_cow_pages = try_create<CommittedCowPages>(new_cow_pages_needed);
-        if (!m_shared_committed_cow_pages) {
-            MM.uncommit_user_physical_pages(new_cow_pages_needed);
-            return {};
-        }
+    // Create or replace the committed cow pages. When cloning a previously
+    // cloned vmobject, we want to essentially "fork", leaving us and the
+    // new clone with one set of shared committed cow pages, and the original
+    // one would keep the one it still has. This ensures that the original
+    // one and this one, as well as the clone have sufficient resources
+    // to cow all pages as needed
+    m_shared_committed_cow_pages = try_create<CommittedCowPages>(new_cow_pages_needed);
+
+    if (!m_shared_committed_cow_pages) {
+        MM.uncommit_user_physical_pages(new_cow_pages_needed);
+        return {};
     }
 
     // Both original and clone become COW. So create a COW map for ourselves