diff --git a/include/linux/rmap.h b/include/linux/rmap.h
index bdf597c4f0be82..a07f42bedda326 100644
--- a/include/linux/rmap.h
+++ b/include/linux/rmap.h
@@ -109,20 +109,6 @@ static inline void put_anon_vma(struct anon_vma *anon_vma)
 		__put_anon_vma(anon_vma);
 }
 
-static inline void vma_lock_anon_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
-{
-	struct anon_vma *anon_vma = vma->anon_vma;
-	if (anon_vma)
-		down_write(&anon_vma->root->rwsem);
-}
-
-static inline void vma_unlock_anon_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
-{
-	struct anon_vma *anon_vma = vma->anon_vma;
-	if (anon_vma)
-		up_write(&anon_vma->root->rwsem);
-}
-
 static inline void anon_vma_lock_write(struct anon_vma *anon_vma)
 {
 	down_write(&anon_vma->root->rwsem);
diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index 918c9ec5043f3d..2f2415a7a688da 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -459,12 +459,16 @@ static void validate_mm(struct mm_struct *mm)
 	struct vm_area_struct *vma = mm->mmap;
 
 	while (vma) {
+		struct anon_vma *anon_vma = vma->anon_vma;
 		struct anon_vma_chain *avc;
 
-		vma_lock_anon_vma(vma);
-		list_for_each_entry(avc, &vma->anon_vma_chain, same_vma)
-			anon_vma_interval_tree_verify(avc);
-		vma_unlock_anon_vma(vma);
+		if (anon_vma) {
+			anon_vma_lock_read(anon_vma);
+			list_for_each_entry(avc, &vma->anon_vma_chain, same_vma)
+				anon_vma_interval_tree_verify(avc);
+			anon_vma_unlock_read(anon_vma);
+		}
+
 		highest_address = vma->vm_end;
 		vma = vma->vm_next;
 		i++;
@@ -2145,32 +2149,27 @@ static int acct_stack_growth(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long size, uns
 int expand_upwards(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address)
 {
 	struct mm_struct *mm = vma->vm_mm;
-	int error;
+	int error = 0;
 
 	if (!(vma->vm_flags & VM_GROWSUP))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
-	/*
-	 * We must make sure the anon_vma is allocated
-	 * so that the anon_vma locking is not a noop.
-	 */
+	/* Guard against wrapping around to address 0. */
+	if (address < PAGE_ALIGN(address+4))
+		address = PAGE_ALIGN(address+4);
+	else
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	/* We must make sure the anon_vma is allocated. */
 	if (unlikely(anon_vma_prepare(vma)))
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	vma_lock_anon_vma(vma);
 
 	/*
 	 * vma->vm_start/vm_end cannot change under us because the caller
 	 * is required to hold the mmap_sem in read mode.  We need the
 	 * anon_vma lock to serialize against concurrent expand_stacks.
-	 * Also guard against wrapping around to address 0.
 	 */
-	if (address < PAGE_ALIGN(address+4))
-		address = PAGE_ALIGN(address+4);
-	else {
-		vma_unlock_anon_vma(vma);
-		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
-	error = 0;
+	anon_vma_lock_write(vma->anon_vma);
 
 	/* Somebody else might have raced and expanded it already */
 	if (address > vma->vm_end) {
@@ -2188,7 +2187,7 @@ int expand_upwards(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address)
 				 * updates, but we only hold a shared mmap_sem
 				 * lock here, so we need to protect against
 				 * concurrent vma expansions.
-				 * vma_lock_anon_vma() doesn't help here, as
+				 * anon_vma_lock_write() doesn't help here, as
 				 * we don't guarantee that all growable vmas
 				 * in a mm share the same root anon vma.
 				 * So, we reuse mm->page_table_lock to guard
@@ -2211,7 +2210,7 @@ int expand_upwards(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address)
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	vma_unlock_anon_vma(vma);
+	anon_vma_unlock_write(vma->anon_vma);
 	khugepaged_enter_vma_merge(vma, vma->vm_flags);
 	validate_mm(mm);
 	return error;
@@ -2227,25 +2226,21 @@ int expand_downwards(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	struct mm_struct *mm = vma->vm_mm;
 	int error;
 
-	/*
-	 * We must make sure the anon_vma is allocated
-	 * so that the anon_vma locking is not a noop.
-	 */
-	if (unlikely(anon_vma_prepare(vma)))
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
 	address &= PAGE_MASK;
 	error = security_mmap_addr(address);
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 
-	vma_lock_anon_vma(vma);
+	/* We must make sure the anon_vma is allocated. */
+	if (unlikely(anon_vma_prepare(vma)))
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	/*
 	 * vma->vm_start/vm_end cannot change under us because the caller
 	 * is required to hold the mmap_sem in read mode.  We need the
 	 * anon_vma lock to serialize against concurrent expand_stacks.
 	 */
+	anon_vma_lock_write(vma->anon_vma);
 
 	/* Somebody else might have raced and expanded it already */
 	if (address < vma->vm_start) {
@@ -2263,7 +2258,7 @@ int expand_downwards(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 				 * updates, but we only hold a shared mmap_sem
 				 * lock here, so we need to protect against
 				 * concurrent vma expansions.
-				 * vma_lock_anon_vma() doesn't help here, as
+				 * anon_vma_lock_write() doesn't help here, as
 				 * we don't guarantee that all growable vmas
 				 * in a mm share the same root anon vma.
 				 * So, we reuse mm->page_table_lock to guard
@@ -2284,7 +2279,7 @@ int expand_downwards(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	vma_unlock_anon_vma(vma);
+	anon_vma_unlock_write(vma->anon_vma);
 	khugepaged_enter_vma_merge(vma, vma->vm_flags);
 	validate_mm(mm);
 	return error;