diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
index c3261143a0af..842ea986adcd 100644
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -731,16 +731,6 @@ static struct vmap_area *find_vmap_area(unsigned long addr)
 	return va;
 }
 
-static void free_unmap_vmap_area_addr(unsigned long addr)
-{
-	struct vmap_area *va;
-
-	va = find_vmap_area(addr);
-	BUG_ON(!va);
-	free_unmap_vmap_area(va);
-}
-
-
 /*** Per cpu kva allocator ***/
 
 /*
@@ -1098,6 +1088,7 @@ void vm_unmap_ram(const void *mem, unsigned int count)
 {
 	unsigned long size = (unsigned long)count << PAGE_SHIFT;
 	unsigned long addr = (unsigned long)mem;
+	struct vmap_area *va;
 
 	BUG_ON(!addr);
 	BUG_ON(addr < VMALLOC_START);
@@ -1107,10 +1098,14 @@ void vm_unmap_ram(const void *mem, unsigned int count)
 	debug_check_no_locks_freed(mem, size);
 	vmap_debug_free_range(addr, addr+size);
 
-	if (likely(count <= VMAP_MAX_ALLOC))
+	if (likely(count <= VMAP_MAX_ALLOC)) {
 		vb_free(mem, size);
-	else
-		free_unmap_vmap_area_addr(addr);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	va = find_vmap_area(addr);
+	BUG_ON(!va);
+	free_unmap_vmap_area(va);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(vm_unmap_ram);