diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/hugetlbpage.c b/arch/x86/mm/hugetlbpage.c
index c20e81c..f6679a7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/hugetlbpage.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/hugetlbpage.c
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@
 {
 	struct hstate *h = hstate_file(file);
 	struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm;
-	struct vm_area_struct *vma, *prev_vma;
+	struct vm_area_struct *vma;
 	unsigned long base = mm->mmap_base;
 	unsigned long addr = addr0;
 	unsigned long largest_hole = mm->cached_hole_size;
@@ -340,22 +340,14 @@
 		if (!vma)
 			return addr;
 
-		/*
-		 * new region fits between prev_vma->vm_end and
-		 * vma->vm_start, use it:
-		 */
-		prev_vma = vma->vm_prev;
-		if (addr + len <= vma->vm_start &&
-		            (!prev_vma || (addr >= prev_vma->vm_end))) {
+		if (addr + len <= vma->vm_start) {
 			/* remember the address as a hint for next time */
 		        mm->cached_hole_size = largest_hole;
 		        return (mm->free_area_cache = addr);
-		} else {
+		} else if (mm->free_area_cache == vma->vm_end) {
 			/* pull free_area_cache down to the first hole */
-		        if (mm->free_area_cache == vma->vm_end) {
-				mm->free_area_cache = vma->vm_start;
-				mm->cached_hole_size = largest_hole;
-			}
+			mm->free_area_cache = vma->vm_start;
+			mm->cached_hole_size = largest_hole;
 		}
 
 		/* remember the largest hole we saw so far */