diff --git a/arch/i386/mm/hugetlbpage.c b/arch/i386/mm/hugetlbpage.c
index efdf95ac8031daf0a8c5d865575e1960890bd156..6c06d9c0488ec28c05d45c226d77c1050a7394a8 100644
--- a/arch/i386/mm/hugetlbpage.c
+++ b/arch/i386/mm/hugetlbpage.c
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ hugetlb_get_unmapped_area(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	if (flags & MAP_FIXED) {
-		if (prepare_hugepage_range(addr, len, pgoff))
+		if (prepare_hugepage_range(addr, len))
 			return -EINVAL;
 		return addr;
 	}
diff --git a/arch/ia64/mm/hugetlbpage.c b/arch/ia64/mm/hugetlbpage.c
index d22861c5b04ca596e4beebbf295f66955bef1606..a9ff685aea25acfbd6547d62d3845fb8016c96a6 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/mm/hugetlbpage.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/mm/hugetlbpage.c
@@ -75,10 +75,8 @@ int huge_pmd_unshare(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long *addr, pte_t *ptep)
  * Don't actually need to do any preparation, but need to make sure
  * the address is in the right region.
  */
-int prepare_hugepage_range(unsigned long addr, unsigned long len, pgoff_t pgoff)
+int prepare_hugepage_range(unsigned long addr, unsigned long len)
 {
-	if (pgoff & (~HPAGE_MASK >> PAGE_SHIFT))
-		return -EINVAL;
 	if (len & ~HPAGE_MASK)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	if (addr & ~HPAGE_MASK)
@@ -151,7 +149,7 @@ unsigned long hugetlb_get_unmapped_area(struct file *file, unsigned long addr, u
 
 	/* Handle MAP_FIXED */
 	if (flags & MAP_FIXED) {
-		if (prepare_hugepage_range(addr, len, pgoff))
+		if (prepare_hugepage_range(addr, len))
 			return -EINVAL;
 		return addr;
 	}
diff --git a/arch/sparc64/mm/hugetlbpage.c b/arch/sparc64/mm/hugetlbpage.c
index eaba9b70b184ef67d47fbf76bdc9d92ea4314754..6cfab2e4d340945dd63445f71d3caa361b6701a9 100644
--- a/arch/sparc64/mm/hugetlbpage.c
+++ b/arch/sparc64/mm/hugetlbpage.c
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ hugetlb_get_unmapped_area(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	if (flags & MAP_FIXED) {
-		if (prepare_hugepage_range(addr, len, pgoff))
+		if (prepare_hugepage_range(addr, len))
 			return -EINVAL;
 		return addr;
 	}
diff --git a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
index c848a191525db4776bec08970538449c442ffb81..950c2fbb815bc35760163020c0133046ff4d1255 100644
--- a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
@@ -82,14 +82,19 @@ static int hugetlbfs_file_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 	int ret;
 
 	/*
-	 * vma alignment has already been checked by prepare_hugepage_range.
-	 * If you add any error returns here, do so after setting VM_HUGETLB,
-	 * so is_vm_hugetlb_page tests below unmap_region go the right way
-	 * when do_mmap_pgoff unwinds (may be important on powerpc and ia64).
+	 * vma address alignment (but not the pgoff alignment) has
+	 * already been checked by prepare_hugepage_range.  If you add
+	 * any error returns here, do so after setting VM_HUGETLB, so
+	 * is_vm_hugetlb_page tests below unmap_region go the right
+	 * way when do_mmap_pgoff unwinds (may be important on powerpc
+	 * and ia64).
 	 */
 	vma->vm_flags |= VM_HUGETLB | VM_RESERVED;
 	vma->vm_ops = &hugetlb_vm_ops;
 
+	if (vma->vm_pgoff & ~(HPAGE_MASK >> PAGE_SHIFT))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	vma_len = (loff_t)(vma->vm_end - vma->vm_start);
 
 	mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
@@ -132,7 +137,7 @@ hugetlb_get_unmapped_area(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	if (flags & MAP_FIXED) {
-		if (prepare_hugepage_range(addr, len, pgoff))
+		if (prepare_hugepage_range(addr, len))
 			return -EINVAL;
 		return addr;
 	}
diff --git a/include/linux/hugetlb.h b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
index e6a71c82d204699b6a18226e261a7beda4463ed7..3a19b032c0eb6ecfe887fad15b2adaddf3969b83 100644
--- a/include/linux/hugetlb.h
+++ b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
@@ -66,11 +66,8 @@ void hugetlb_free_pgd_range(struct mmu_gather **tlb, unsigned long addr,
  * If the arch doesn't supply something else, assume that hugepage
  * size aligned regions are ok without further preparation.
  */
-static inline int prepare_hugepage_range(unsigned long addr, unsigned long len,
-						pgoff_t pgoff)
+static inline int prepare_hugepage_range(unsigned long addr, unsigned long len)
 {
-	if (pgoff & (~HPAGE_MASK >> PAGE_SHIFT))
-		return -EINVAL;
 	if (len & ~HPAGE_MASK)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	if (addr & ~HPAGE_MASK)
@@ -78,8 +75,7 @@ static inline int prepare_hugepage_range(unsigned long addr, unsigned long len,
 	return 0;
 }
 #else
-int prepare_hugepage_range(unsigned long addr, unsigned long len,
-						pgoff_t pgoff);
+int prepare_hugepage_range(unsigned long addr, unsigned long len);
 #endif
 
 #ifndef ARCH_HAS_SETCLEAR_HUGE_PTE
@@ -117,7 +113,7 @@ static inline unsigned long hugetlb_total_pages(void)
 #define hugetlb_report_meminfo(buf)		0
 #define hugetlb_report_node_meminfo(n, buf)	0
 #define follow_huge_pmd(mm, addr, pmd, write)	NULL
-#define prepare_hugepage_range(addr,len,pgoff)	(-EINVAL)
+#define prepare_hugepage_range(addr,len)	(-EINVAL)
 #define pmd_huge(x)	0
 #define is_hugepage_only_range(mm, addr, len)	0
 #define hugetlb_free_pgd_range(tlb, addr, end, floor, ceiling) ({BUG(); 0; })