diff --git a/mm/gup.c b/mm/gup.c
index b70d7ba7cc13..fc5f98069f4e 100644
--- a/mm/gup.c
+++ b/mm/gup.c
@@ -1238,8 +1238,6 @@ int __mm_populate(unsigned long start, unsigned long len, int ignore_errors)
 	int locked = 0;
 	long ret = 0;
 
-	VM_BUG_ON(start & ~PAGE_MASK);
-	VM_BUG_ON(len != PAGE_ALIGN(len));
 	end = start + len;
 
 	for (nstart = start; nstart < end; nstart = nend) {
diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index d1eb87ef4b1a..5801b5f0a634 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -186,8 +186,8 @@ static struct vm_area_struct *remove_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 	return next;
 }
 
-static int do_brk(unsigned long addr, unsigned long len, struct list_head *uf);
-
+static int do_brk_flags(unsigned long addr, unsigned long request, unsigned long flags,
+		struct list_head *uf);
 SYSCALL_DEFINE1(brk, unsigned long, brk)
 {
 	unsigned long retval;
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(brk, unsigned long, brk)
 		goto out;
 
 	/* Ok, looks good - let it rip. */
-	if (do_brk(oldbrk, newbrk-oldbrk, &uf) < 0)
+	if (do_brk_flags(oldbrk, newbrk-oldbrk, 0, &uf) < 0)
 		goto out;
 
 set_brk:
@@ -2929,21 +2929,14 @@ static inline void verify_mm_writelocked(struct mm_struct *mm)
  *  anonymous maps.  eventually we may be able to do some
  *  brk-specific accounting here.
  */
-static int do_brk_flags(unsigned long addr, unsigned long request, unsigned long flags, struct list_head *uf)
+static int do_brk_flags(unsigned long addr, unsigned long len, unsigned long flags, struct list_head *uf)
 {
 	struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm;
 	struct vm_area_struct *vma, *prev;
-	unsigned long len;
 	struct rb_node **rb_link, *rb_parent;
 	pgoff_t pgoff = addr >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 	int error;
 
-	len = PAGE_ALIGN(request);
-	if (len < request)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-	if (!len)
-		return 0;
-
 	/* Until we need other flags, refuse anything except VM_EXEC. */
 	if ((flags & (~VM_EXEC)) != 0)
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -3015,18 +3008,20 @@ out:
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int do_brk(unsigned long addr, unsigned long len, struct list_head *uf)
-{
-	return do_brk_flags(addr, len, 0, uf);
-}
-
-int vm_brk_flags(unsigned long addr, unsigned long len, unsigned long flags)
+int vm_brk_flags(unsigned long addr, unsigned long request, unsigned long flags)
 {
 	struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm;
+	unsigned long len;
 	int ret;
 	bool populate;
 	LIST_HEAD(uf);
 
+	len = PAGE_ALIGN(request);
+	if (len < request)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (!len)
+		return 0;
+
 	if (down_write_killable(&mm->mmap_sem))
 		return -EINTR;