diff --git a/mm/nommu.c b/mm/nommu.c
index cd519e1cd8a7a2833909871f25f7792f926001ca..b51eadf6d9528fa69ea80ad6d1c994763656e8da 100644
--- a/mm/nommu.c
+++ b/mm/nommu.c
@@ -1149,8 +1149,7 @@ static int do_mmap_private(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 			   unsigned long len,
 			   unsigned long capabilities)
 {
-	struct page *pages;
-	unsigned long total, point, n;
+	unsigned long total, point;
 	void *base;
 	int ret, order;
 
@@ -1182,33 +1181,23 @@ static int do_mmap_private(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	order = get_order(len);
 	kdebug("alloc order %d for %lx", order, len);
 
-	pages = alloc_pages(GFP_KERNEL, order);
-	if (!pages)
-		goto enomem;
-
 	total = 1 << order;
-	atomic_long_add(total, &mmap_pages_allocated);
-
 	point = len >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 
-	/* we allocated a power-of-2 sized page set, so we may want to trim off
-	 * the excess */
+	/* we don't want to allocate a power-of-2 sized page set */
 	if (sysctl_nr_trim_pages && total - point >= sysctl_nr_trim_pages) {
-		while (total > point) {
-			order = ilog2(total - point);
-			n = 1 << order;
-			kdebug("shave %lu/%lu @%lu", n, total - point, total);
-			atomic_long_sub(n, &mmap_pages_allocated);
-			total -= n;
-			set_page_refcounted(pages + total);
-			__free_pages(pages + total, order);
-		}
+		total = point;
+		kdebug("try to alloc exact %lu pages", total);
+		base = alloc_pages_exact(len, GFP_KERNEL);
+	} else {
+		base = (void *)__get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL, order);
 	}
 
-	for (point = 1; point < total; point++)
-		set_page_refcounted(&pages[point]);
+	if (!base)
+		goto enomem;
+
+	atomic_long_add(total, &mmap_pages_allocated);
 
-	base = page_address(pages);
 	region->vm_flags = vma->vm_flags |= VM_MAPPED_COPY;
 	region->vm_start = (unsigned long) base;
 	region->vm_end   = region->vm_start + len;