diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/module.c b/arch/arm/kernel/module.c
index 0c1bb68ff4a8..2cfe8161b478 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/module.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/module.c
@@ -38,17 +38,9 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_MMU
 void *module_alloc(unsigned long size)
 {
-	struct vm_struct *area;
-
-	size = PAGE_ALIGN(size);
-	if (!size)
-		return NULL;
-
-	area = __get_vm_area(size, VM_ALLOC, MODULES_VADDR, MODULES_END);
-	if (!area)
-		return NULL;
-
-	return __vmalloc_area(area, GFP_KERNEL, PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC);
+	return __vmalloc_node_range(size, 1, MODULES_VADDR, MODULES_END,
+				GFP_KERNEL, PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC, -1,
+				__builtin_return_address(0));
 }
 #else /* CONFIG_MMU */
 void *module_alloc(unsigned long size)
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/module.c b/arch/mips/kernel/module.c
index 6f51dda87fce..d87a72e9fac7 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/module.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/module.c
@@ -46,17 +46,9 @@ static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(dbe_lock);
 void *module_alloc(unsigned long size)
 {
 #ifdef MODULE_START
-	struct vm_struct *area;
-
-	size = PAGE_ALIGN(size);
-	if (!size)
-		return NULL;
-
-	area = __get_vm_area(size, VM_ALLOC, MODULE_START, MODULE_END);
-	if (!area)
-		return NULL;
-
-	return __vmalloc_area(area, GFP_KERNEL, PAGE_KERNEL);
+	return __vmalloc_node_range(size, 1, MODULE_START, MODULE_END,
+				GFP_KERNEL, PAGE_KERNEL, -1,
+				__builtin_return_address(0));
 #else
 	if (size == 0)
 		return NULL;
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/module.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/module.c
index ee3c7dde8d9f..8d348c474a2f 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/module.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/module.c
@@ -23,17 +23,11 @@
 
 static void *module_map(unsigned long size)
 {
-	struct vm_struct *area;
-
-	size = PAGE_ALIGN(size);
-	if (!size || size > MODULES_LEN)
+	if (PAGE_ALIGN(size) > MODULES_LEN)
 		return NULL;
-
-	area = __get_vm_area(size, VM_ALLOC, MODULES_VADDR, MODULES_END);
-	if (!area)
-		return NULL;
-
-	return __vmalloc_area(area, GFP_KERNEL, PAGE_KERNEL);
+	return __vmalloc_node_range(size, 1, MODULES_VADDR, MODULES_END,
+				GFP_KERNEL, PAGE_KERNEL, -1,
+				__builtin_return_address(0));
 }
 
 static char *dot2underscore(char *name)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/module.c b/arch/x86/kernel/module.c
index 8f2956091735..ab23f1ad4bf1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/module.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/module.c
@@ -37,20 +37,11 @@
 
 void *module_alloc(unsigned long size)
 {
-	struct vm_struct *area;
-
-	if (!size)
+	if (PAGE_ALIGN(size) > MODULES_LEN)
 		return NULL;
-	size = PAGE_ALIGN(size);
-	if (size > MODULES_LEN)
-		return NULL;
-
-	area = __get_vm_area(size, VM_ALLOC, MODULES_VADDR, MODULES_END);
-	if (!area)
-		return NULL;
-
-	return __vmalloc_area(area, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_HIGHMEM,
-					PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC);
+	return __vmalloc_node_range(size, 1, MODULES_VADDR, MODULES_END,
+				GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_HIGHMEM, PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC,
+				-1, __builtin_return_address(0));
 }
 
 /* Free memory returned from module_alloc */
diff --git a/include/linux/vmalloc.h b/include/linux/vmalloc.h
index c7348b8d0a81..4ed6fcd6b726 100644
--- a/include/linux/vmalloc.h
+++ b/include/linux/vmalloc.h
@@ -59,8 +59,9 @@ extern void *vmalloc_exec(unsigned long size);
 extern void *vmalloc_32(unsigned long size);
 extern void *vmalloc_32_user(unsigned long size);
 extern void *__vmalloc(unsigned long size, gfp_t gfp_mask, pgprot_t prot);
-extern void *__vmalloc_area(struct vm_struct *area, gfp_t gfp_mask,
-				pgprot_t prot);
+extern void *__vmalloc_node_range(unsigned long size, unsigned long align,
+			unsigned long start, unsigned long end, gfp_t gfp_mask,
+			pgprot_t prot, int node, void *caller);
 extern void vfree(const void *addr);
 
 extern void *vmap(struct page **pages, unsigned int count,
diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
index f67546636322..284346ee0e91 100644
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -1530,17 +1530,47 @@ fail:
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-void *__vmalloc_area(struct vm_struct *area, gfp_t gfp_mask, pgprot_t prot)
+/**
+ *	__vmalloc_node_range  -  allocate virtually contiguous memory
+ *	@size:		allocation size
+ *	@align:		desired alignment
+ *	@start:		vm area range start
+ *	@end:		vm area range end
+ *	@gfp_mask:	flags for the page level allocator
+ *	@prot:		protection mask for the allocated pages
+ *	@node:		node to use for allocation or -1
+ *	@caller:	caller's return address
+ *
+ *	Allocate enough pages to cover @size from the page level
+ *	allocator with @gfp_mask flags.  Map them into contiguous
+ *	kernel virtual space, using a pagetable protection of @prot.
+ */
+void *__vmalloc_node_range(unsigned long size, unsigned long align,
+			unsigned long start, unsigned long end, gfp_t gfp_mask,
+			pgprot_t prot, int node, void *caller)
 {
-	void *addr = __vmalloc_area_node(area, gfp_mask, prot, -1,
-					 __builtin_return_address(0));
+	struct vm_struct *area;
+	void *addr;
+	unsigned long real_size = size;
+
+	size = PAGE_ALIGN(size);
+	if (!size || (size >> PAGE_SHIFT) > totalram_pages)
+		return NULL;
+
+	area = __get_vm_area_node(size, align, VM_ALLOC, start, end, node,
+				  gfp_mask, caller);
+
+	if (!area)
+		return NULL;
+
+	addr = __vmalloc_area_node(area, gfp_mask, prot, node, caller);
 
 	/*
 	 * A ref_count = 3 is needed because the vm_struct and vmap_area
 	 * structures allocated in the __get_vm_area_node() function contain
 	 * references to the virtual address of the vmalloc'ed block.
 	 */
-	kmemleak_alloc(addr, area->size - PAGE_SIZE, 3, gfp_mask);
+	kmemleak_alloc(addr, real_size, 3, gfp_mask);
 
 	return addr;
 }
@@ -1562,30 +1592,8 @@ static void *__vmalloc_node(unsigned long size, unsigned long align,
 			    gfp_t gfp_mask, pgprot_t prot,
 			    int node, void *caller)
 {
-	struct vm_struct *area;
-	void *addr;
-	unsigned long real_size = size;
-
-	size = PAGE_ALIGN(size);
-	if (!size || (size >> PAGE_SHIFT) > totalram_pages)
-		return NULL;
-
-	area = __get_vm_area_node(size, align, VM_ALLOC, VMALLOC_START,
-				  VMALLOC_END, node, gfp_mask, caller);
-
-	if (!area)
-		return NULL;
-
-	addr = __vmalloc_area_node(area, gfp_mask, prot, node, caller);
-
-	/*
-	 * A ref_count = 3 is needed because the vm_struct and vmap_area
-	 * structures allocated in the __get_vm_area_node() function contain
-	 * references to the virtual address of the vmalloc'ed block.
-	 */
-	kmemleak_alloc(addr, real_size, 3, gfp_mask);
-
-	return addr;
+	return __vmalloc_node_range(size, align, VMALLOC_START, VMALLOC_END,
+				gfp_mask, prot, node, caller);
 }
 
 void *__vmalloc(unsigned long size, gfp_t gfp_mask, pgprot_t prot)