diff --git a/mm/mlock.c b/mm/mlock.c
index 4f47c8349556..070847b16980 100644
--- a/mm/mlock.c
+++ b/mm/mlock.c
@@ -401,8 +401,6 @@ int __mm_populate(unsigned long start, unsigned long len, int ignore_errors)
 	int locked = 0;
 	long ret = 0;
 
-	VM_BUG_ON(start & ~PAGE_MASK);
-	VM_BUG_ON(len != PAGE_ALIGN(len));
 	end = start + len;
 
 	for (nstart = start; nstart < end; nstart = nend) {
diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index 477d00946972..1379697cd825 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -2683,21 +2683,15 @@ static inline void verify_mm_writelocked(struct mm_struct *mm)
  *  anonymous maps.  eventually we may be able to do some
  *  brk-specific accounting here.
  */
-static unsigned long do_brk(unsigned long addr, unsigned long request)
+static unsigned long do_brk(unsigned long addr, unsigned long len)
 {
 	struct mm_struct * mm = current->mm;
 	struct vm_area_struct * vma, * prev;
-	unsigned long flags, len;
+	unsigned long flags;
 	struct rb_node ** rb_link, * rb_parent;
 	pgoff_t pgoff = addr >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 	int error;
 
-	len = PAGE_ALIGN(request);
-	if (len < request)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-	if (!len)
-		return addr;
-
 	flags = VM_DATA_DEFAULT_FLAGS | VM_ACCOUNT | mm->def_flags;
 
 	error = get_unmapped_area(NULL, addr, len, 0, MAP_FIXED);
@@ -2774,12 +2768,19 @@ out:
 	return addr;
 }
 
-unsigned long vm_brk(unsigned long addr, unsigned long len)
+unsigned long vm_brk(unsigned long addr, unsigned long request)
 {
 	struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm;
+	unsigned long len;
 	unsigned long ret;
 	bool populate;
 
+	len = PAGE_ALIGN(request);
+	if (len < request)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (!len)
+		return addr;
+
 	down_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
 	ret = do_brk(addr, len);
 	populate = ((mm->def_flags & VM_LOCKED) != 0);