diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index c74a74ca401dbeae3752e9f201f331505f4f9b48..8b007ad2d450ca586722005c49fefe6f2132bdbc 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -726,6 +726,7 @@ extern void __vma_link_rb(struct mm_struct *, struct vm_area_struct *,
 extern struct vm_area_struct *copy_vma(struct vm_area_struct **,
 	unsigned long addr, unsigned long len, pgoff_t pgoff);
 extern void exit_mmap(struct mm_struct *);
+extern int may_expand_vm(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long npages);
 
 extern unsigned long get_unmapped_area(struct file *, unsigned long, unsigned long, unsigned long, unsigned long);
 
diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index 6ea204cc751e4d2f0fe4a7d213bab9ae90ad58c4..1ec0f6e9c0d86a4f9d523f9f497a0a0ea720a255 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -1009,8 +1009,7 @@ unsigned long do_mmap_pgoff(struct file * file, unsigned long addr,
 	}
 
 	/* Check against address space limit. */
-	if ((mm->total_vm << PAGE_SHIFT) + len
-	    > current->signal->rlim[RLIMIT_AS].rlim_cur)
+	if (!may_expand_vm(mm, len >> PAGE_SHIFT))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	if (accountable && (!(flags & MAP_NORESERVE) ||
@@ -1421,7 +1420,7 @@ static int acct_stack_growth(struct vm_area_struct * vma, unsigned long size, un
 	struct rlimit *rlim = current->signal->rlim;
 
 	/* address space limit tests */
-	if (mm->total_vm + grow > rlim[RLIMIT_AS].rlim_cur >> PAGE_SHIFT)
+	if (!may_expand_vm(mm, grow))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	/* Stack limit test */
@@ -1848,8 +1847,7 @@ unsigned long do_brk(unsigned long addr, unsigned long len)
 	}
 
 	/* Check against address space limits *after* clearing old maps... */
-	if ((mm->total_vm << PAGE_SHIFT) + len
-	    > current->signal->rlim[RLIMIT_AS].rlim_cur)
+	if (!may_expand_vm(mm, len >> PAGE_SHIFT))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	if (mm->map_count > sysctl_max_map_count)
@@ -2019,3 +2017,19 @@ struct vm_area_struct *copy_vma(struct vm_area_struct **vmap,
 	}
 	return new_vma;
 }
+
+/*
+ * Return true if the calling process may expand its vm space by the passed
+ * number of pages
+ */
+int may_expand_vm(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long npages)
+{
+	unsigned long cur = mm->total_vm;	/* pages */
+	unsigned long lim;
+
+	lim = current->signal->rlim[RLIMIT_AS].rlim_cur >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+
+	if (cur + npages > lim)
+		return 0;
+	return 1;
+}
diff --git a/mm/mremap.c b/mm/mremap.c
index 0d1c1b9c7a0a37fa6e91d370d43db496eeedbf4a..0dd7ace94e519d13f96d601bc1ecc543bb8ac595 100644
--- a/mm/mremap.c
+++ b/mm/mremap.c
@@ -347,10 +347,10 @@ unsigned long do_mremap(unsigned long addr,
 		if (locked > lock_limit && !capable(CAP_IPC_LOCK))
 			goto out;
 	}
-	ret = -ENOMEM;
-	if ((current->mm->total_vm << PAGE_SHIFT) + (new_len - old_len)
-	    > current->signal->rlim[RLIMIT_AS].rlim_cur)
+	if (!may_expand_vm(current->mm, (new_len - old_len) >> PAGE_SHIFT)) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto out;
+	}
 
 	if (vma->vm_flags & VM_ACCOUNT) {
 		charged = (new_len - old_len) >> PAGE_SHIFT;