diff --git a/db.go b/db.go
index 5f45d966e..cb7f47ad0 100644
--- a/db.go
+++ b/db.go
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ func (db *DB) hasSyncedFreelist() bool {
 
 // mmap opens the underlying memory-mapped file and initializes the meta references.
 // minsz is the minimum size that the new mmap can be.
-func (db *DB) mmap(minsz int) error {
+func (db *DB) mmap(minsz int) (err error) {
 	db.mmaplock.Lock()
 	defer db.mmaplock.Unlock()
 
@@ -459,17 +459,27 @@ func (db *DB) mmap(minsz int) error {
 	}
 
 	// Unmap existing data before continuing.
-	if err := db.munmap(); err != nil {
+	if err = db.munmap(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
 	// Memory-map the data file as a byte slice.
 	// gofail: var mapError string
 	// return errors.New(mapError)
-	if err := mmap(db, size); err != nil {
+	if err = mmap(db, size); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	// Perform unmmap on any error to reset all data fields:
+	// dataref, data, datasz, meta0 and meta1.
+	defer func() {
+		if err != nil {
+			if unmapErr := db.munmap(); unmapErr != nil {
+				err = fmt.Errorf("%w; rollback unmap also failed: %v", err, unmapErr)
+			}
+		}
+	}()
+
 	if db.Mlock {
 		// Don't allow swapping of data file
 		if err := db.mlock(fileSize); err != nil {
@@ -553,6 +563,8 @@ func (db *DB) mmapSize(size int) (int, error) {
 }
 
 func (db *DB) munlock(fileSize int) error {
+	// gofail: var munlockError string
+	// return errors.New(munlockError)
 	if err := munlock(db, fileSize); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("munlock error: " + err.Error())
 	}
@@ -560,6 +572,8 @@ func (db *DB) munlock(fileSize int) error {
 }
 
 func (db *DB) mlock(fileSize int) error {
+	// gofail: var mlockError string
+	// return errors.New(mlockError)
 	if err := mlock(db, fileSize); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("mlock error: " + err.Error())
 	}