diff --git a/include/linux/vmalloc.h b/include/linux/vmalloc.h
index c77efea..938eaf9 100644
--- a/include/linux/vmalloc.h
+++ b/include/linux/vmalloc.h
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@
 					unsigned long flags,
 					unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
 					const void *caller);
+void free_vm_area(struct vm_struct *area);
 extern struct vm_struct *remove_vm_area(const void *addr);
 extern struct vm_struct *find_vm_area(const void *addr);
 
@@ -204,10 +205,6 @@
 }
 #endif
 
-/* Allocate/destroy a 'vmalloc' VM area. */
-extern struct vm_struct *alloc_vm_area(size_t size, pte_t **ptes);
-extern void free_vm_area(struct vm_struct *area);
-
 /* for /dev/kmem */
 extern long vread(char *buf, char *addr, unsigned long count);
 extern long vwrite(char *buf, char *addr, unsigned long count);
diff --git a/mm/nommu.c b/mm/nommu.c
index 0df7ca3..0faf39b 100644
--- a/mm/nommu.c
+++ b/mm/nommu.c
@@ -354,13 +354,6 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vm_unmap_aliases);
 
-struct vm_struct *alloc_vm_area(size_t size, pte_t **ptes)
-{
-	BUG();
-	return NULL;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(alloc_vm_area);
-
 void free_vm_area(struct vm_struct *area)
 {
 	BUG();
diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
index c6bf73a..5c61bf8 100644
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -3083,54 +3083,6 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(remap_vmalloc_range);
 
-static int f(pte_t *pte, unsigned long addr, void *data)
-{
-	pte_t ***p = data;
-
-	if (p) {
-		*(*p) = pte;
-		(*p)++;
-	}
-	return 0;
-}
-
-/**
- * alloc_vm_area - allocate a range of kernel address space
- * @size:	   size of the area
- * @ptes:	   returns the PTEs for the address space
- *
- * Returns:	NULL on failure, vm_struct on success
- *
- * This function reserves a range of kernel address space, and
- * allocates pagetables to map that range.  No actual mappings
- * are created.
- *
- * If @ptes is non-NULL, pointers to the PTEs (in init_mm)
- * allocated for the VM area are returned.
- */
-struct vm_struct *alloc_vm_area(size_t size, pte_t **ptes)
-{
-	struct vm_struct *area;
-
-	area = get_vm_area_caller(size, VM_IOREMAP,
-				__builtin_return_address(0));
-	if (area == NULL)
-		return NULL;
-
-	/*
-	 * This ensures that page tables are constructed for this region
-	 * of kernel virtual address space and mapped into init_mm.
-	 */
-	if (apply_to_page_range(&init_mm, (unsigned long)area->addr,
-				size, f, ptes ? &ptes : NULL)) {
-		free_vm_area(area);
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
-	return area;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(alloc_vm_area);
-
 void free_vm_area(struct vm_struct *area)
 {
 	struct vm_struct *ret;