diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/ashmem.c b/drivers/staging/android/ashmem.c
index a2c3edffa347..fea9905faea5 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/android/ashmem.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/android/ashmem.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/file.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/falloc.h>
 #include <linux/miscdevice.h>
 #include <linux/security.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
@@ -374,11 +375,12 @@ static int ashmem_shrink(struct shrinker *s, struct shrink_control *sc)
 		return -1;
 
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(range, next, &ashmem_lru_list, lru) {
-		struct inode *inode = range->asma->file->f_dentry->d_inode;
 		loff_t start = range->pgstart * PAGE_SIZE;
-		loff_t end = (range->pgend + 1) * PAGE_SIZE - 1;
+		loff_t end = (range->pgend + 1) * PAGE_SIZE;
 
-		vmtruncate_range(inode, start, end);
+		do_fallocate(range->asma->file,
+				FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE | FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE,
+				start, end - start);
 		range->purged = ASHMEM_WAS_PURGED;
 		lru_del(range);
 
diff --git a/mm/madvise.c b/mm/madvise.c
index b075d1d1f6c8..1a58ddfb53a0 100644
--- a/mm/madvise.c
+++ b/mm/madvise.c
@@ -11,8 +11,10 @@
 #include <linux/mempolicy.h>
 #include <linux/page-isolation.h>
 #include <linux/hugetlb.h>
+#include <linux/falloc.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/ksm.h>
+#include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/file.h>
 
 /*
@@ -202,8 +204,7 @@ static long madvise_remove(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 				struct vm_area_struct **prev,
 				unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
 {
-	struct address_space *mapping;
-	loff_t offset, endoff;
+	loff_t offset;
 	int error;
 	struct file *f;
 
@@ -221,22 +222,20 @@ static long madvise_remove(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	if ((vma->vm_flags & (VM_SHARED|VM_WRITE)) != (VM_SHARED|VM_WRITE))
 		return -EACCES;
 
-	mapping = vma->vm_file->f_mapping;
-
 	offset = (loff_t)(start - vma->vm_start)
 			+ ((loff_t)vma->vm_pgoff << PAGE_SHIFT);
-	endoff = (loff_t)(end - vma->vm_start - 1)
-			+ ((loff_t)vma->vm_pgoff << PAGE_SHIFT);
 
 	/*
-	 * vmtruncate_range may need to take i_mutex.  We need to
+	 * Filesystem's fallocate may need to take i_mutex.  We need to
 	 * explicitly grab a reference because the vma (and hence the
 	 * vma's reference to the file) can go away as soon as we drop
 	 * mmap_sem.
 	 */
 	get_file(f);
 	up_read(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
-	error = vmtruncate_range(mapping->host, offset, endoff);
+	error = do_fallocate(f,
+				FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE | FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE,
+				offset, end - start);
 	fput(f);
 	down_read(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
 	return error;