diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/pci_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/pci_64.c
index dff28f90351245d58f6b77130fb26fcb73351c5d..ac956dfdbbde69b01cd3334d343a379f37c7cee2 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/pci_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/pci_64.c
@@ -144,7 +144,8 @@ static int pcibios_map_phb_io_space(struct pci_controller *hose)
 	 * with incomplete address decoding but I'd rather not deal with
 	 * those outside of the reserved 64K legacy region.
 	 */
-	area = __get_vm_area(size_page, 0, PHB_IO_BASE, PHB_IO_END);
+	area = __get_vm_area_caller(size_page, 0, PHB_IO_BASE, PHB_IO_END,
+				    __builtin_return_address(0));
 	if (area == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	hose->io_base_alloc = area->addr;
diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/cpu/sh4/sq.c b/arch/sh/kernel/cpu/sh4/sq.c
index 4ca78ed71ad2c8ff33707fb8a472d55b553de36e..fb97dab3bad7dc07a11948c0cb11c9de96b4fe8b 100644
--- a/arch/sh/kernel/cpu/sh4/sq.c
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/cpu/sh4/sq.c
@@ -106,7 +106,8 @@ static int __sq_remap(struct sq_mapping *map, pgprot_t prot)
 #if defined(CONFIG_MMU)
 	struct vm_struct *vma;
 
-	vma = __get_vm_area(map->size, VM_ALLOC, map->sq_addr, SQ_ADDRMAX);
+	vma = __get_vm_area_caller(map->size, VM_ALLOC, map->sq_addr,
+			SQ_ADDRMAX, __builtin_return_address(0));
 	if (!vma)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/vmalloc.h b/include/linux/vmalloc.h
index ab60c69a40975e80c14a92372677f1d28050c155..b789a8fd51381fcc8562656e53bd26b8ad047afb 100644
--- a/include/linux/vmalloc.h
+++ b/include/linux/vmalloc.h
@@ -133,8 +133,6 @@ static inline size_t get_vm_area_size(const struct vm_struct *area)
 extern struct vm_struct *get_vm_area(unsigned long size, unsigned long flags);
 extern struct vm_struct *get_vm_area_caller(unsigned long size,
 					unsigned long flags, const void *caller);
-extern struct vm_struct *__get_vm_area(unsigned long size, unsigned long flags,
-					unsigned long start, unsigned long end);
 extern struct vm_struct *__get_vm_area_caller(unsigned long size,
 					unsigned long flags,
 					unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
index d768f4064a22054d4408b19552cb743e92eaa103..4c6d7762e4a0f6b06194a75604331ea882a3a714 100644
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -2000,14 +2000,6 @@ static struct vm_struct *__get_vm_area_node(unsigned long size,
 	return area;
 }
 
-struct vm_struct *__get_vm_area(unsigned long size, unsigned long flags,
-				unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
-{
-	return __get_vm_area_node(size, 1, flags, start, end, NUMA_NO_NODE,
-				  GFP_KERNEL, __builtin_return_address(0));
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__get_vm_area);
-
 struct vm_struct *__get_vm_area_caller(unsigned long size, unsigned long flags,
 				       unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
 				       const void *caller)