diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
index dea15e6bfc8d..285f0e7d28e7 100644
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -1546,7 +1546,7 @@ static void *__vmalloc_node(unsigned long size, unsigned long align,
 			    gfp_t gfp_mask, pgprot_t prot,
 			    int node, const void *caller);
 static void *__vmalloc_area_node(struct vm_struct *area, gfp_t gfp_mask,
-				 pgprot_t prot, int node, const void *caller)
+				 pgprot_t prot, int node)
 {
 	const int order = 0;
 	struct page **pages;
@@ -1560,13 +1560,12 @@ static void *__vmalloc_area_node(struct vm_struct *area, gfp_t gfp_mask,
 	/* Please note that the recursion is strictly bounded. */
 	if (array_size > PAGE_SIZE) {
 		pages = __vmalloc_node(array_size, 1, nested_gfp|__GFP_HIGHMEM,
-				PAGE_KERNEL, node, caller);
+				PAGE_KERNEL, node, area->caller);
 		area->flags |= VM_VPAGES;
 	} else {
 		pages = kmalloc_node(array_size, nested_gfp, node);
 	}
 	area->pages = pages;
-	area->caller = caller;
 	if (!area->pages) {
 		remove_vm_area(area->addr);
 		kfree(area);
@@ -1634,7 +1633,7 @@ void *__vmalloc_node_range(unsigned long size, unsigned long align,
 	if (!area)
 		goto fail;
 
-	addr = __vmalloc_area_node(area, gfp_mask, prot, node, caller);
+	addr = __vmalloc_area_node(area, gfp_mask, prot, node);
 	if (!addr)
 		goto fail;