diff --git a/arch/tile/mm/elf.c b/arch/tile/mm/elf.c
index 3cfa98bf9125215ae2fc7ea8fdc287fd84245285..743c951c61b061b516e1bb3ea06b397e42700d91 100644
--- a/arch/tile/mm/elf.c
+++ b/arch/tile/mm/elf.c
@@ -130,7 +130,6 @@ int arch_setup_additional_pages(struct linux_binprm *bprm,
 	if (!retval) {
 		unsigned long addr = MEM_USER_INTRPT;
 		addr = mmap_region(NULL, addr, INTRPT_SIZE,
-				   MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS|MAP_PRIVATE,
 				   VM_READ|VM_EXEC|
 				   VM_MAYREAD|VM_MAYWRITE|VM_MAYEXEC, 0);
 		if (addr > (unsigned long) -PAGE_SIZE)
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index da0a0fe970c2eab519a1300bfc7aef4edb43ca32..8332f3069fe3522e6ad443b6b873ec9939ce2610 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -1472,8 +1472,7 @@ extern int install_special_mapping(struct mm_struct *mm,
 extern unsigned long get_unmapped_area(struct file *, unsigned long, unsigned long, unsigned long, unsigned long);
 
 extern unsigned long mmap_region(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,
-	unsigned long len, unsigned long flags,
-	vm_flags_t vm_flags, unsigned long pgoff);
+	unsigned long len, vm_flags_t vm_flags, unsigned long pgoff);
 extern unsigned long do_mmap_pgoff(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,
 	unsigned long len, unsigned long prot, unsigned long flags,
 	unsigned long pgoff, bool *populate);
diff --git a/mm/fremap.c b/mm/fremap.c
index b42e3217153032984bd32356447cd9d80c1874c0..503a72387087ec59c8b3073e1d09487fcc23c523 100644
--- a/mm/fremap.c
+++ b/mm/fremap.c
@@ -204,9 +204,8 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(remap_file_pages, unsigned long, start, unsigned long, size,
 			unsigned long addr;
 			struct file *file = get_file(vma->vm_file);
 
-			flags = (flags & MAP_NONBLOCK) | MAP_POPULATE;
 			addr = mmap_region(file, start, size,
-					flags, vma->vm_flags, pgoff);
+					vma->vm_flags, pgoff);
 			fput(file);
 			if (IS_ERR_VALUE(addr)) {
 				err = addr;
diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index a23e30f9719c7103d0df516fe66158fa518f8b28..d6bc39e939ab2412e11f15ab6dc5dcd48f8bbd42 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -1291,7 +1291,21 @@ unsigned long do_mmap_pgoff(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,
 		}
 	}
 
-	addr = mmap_region(file, addr, len, flags, vm_flags, pgoff);
+	/*
+	 * Set 'VM_NORESERVE' if we should not account for the
+	 * memory use of this mapping.
+	 */
+	if (flags & MAP_NORESERVE) {
+		/* We honor MAP_NORESERVE if allowed to overcommit */
+		if (sysctl_overcommit_memory != OVERCOMMIT_NEVER)
+			vm_flags |= VM_NORESERVE;
+
+		/* hugetlb applies strict overcommit unless MAP_NORESERVE */
+		if (file && is_file_hugepages(file))
+			vm_flags |= VM_NORESERVE;
+	}
+
+	addr = mmap_region(file, addr, len, vm_flags, pgoff);
 	if (!IS_ERR_VALUE(addr) &&
 	    ((vm_flags & VM_LOCKED) ||
 	     (flags & (MAP_POPULATE | MAP_NONBLOCK)) == MAP_POPULATE))
@@ -1411,8 +1425,7 @@ static inline int accountable_mapping(struct file *file, vm_flags_t vm_flags)
 }
 
 unsigned long mmap_region(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,
-			  unsigned long len, unsigned long flags,
-			  vm_flags_t vm_flags, unsigned long pgoff)
+		unsigned long len, vm_flags_t vm_flags, unsigned long pgoff)
 {
 	struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm;
 	struct vm_area_struct *vma, *prev;
@@ -1435,20 +1448,6 @@ unsigned long mmap_region(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,
 	if (!may_expand_vm(mm, len >> PAGE_SHIFT))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	/*
-	 * Set 'VM_NORESERVE' if we should not account for the
-	 * memory use of this mapping.
-	 */
-	if ((flags & MAP_NORESERVE)) {
-		/* We honor MAP_NORESERVE if allowed to overcommit */
-		if (sysctl_overcommit_memory != OVERCOMMIT_NEVER)
-			vm_flags |= VM_NORESERVE;
-
-		/* hugetlb applies strict overcommit unless MAP_NORESERVE */
-		if (file && is_file_hugepages(file))
-			vm_flags |= VM_NORESERVE;
-	}
-
 	/*
 	 * Private writable mapping: check memory availability
 	 */