diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c
index ce8129192a26..7879729bd3bd 100644
--- a/kernel/sys.c
+++ b/kernel/sys.c
@@ -1693,7 +1693,6 @@ static int prctl_set_mm_exe_file(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned int fd)
 static int prctl_set_mm(int opt, unsigned long addr,
 			unsigned long arg4, unsigned long arg5)
 {
-	unsigned long rlim = rlimit(RLIMIT_DATA);
 	struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm;
 	struct vm_area_struct *vma;
 	int error;
@@ -1733,9 +1732,8 @@ static int prctl_set_mm(int opt, unsigned long addr,
 		if (addr <= mm->end_data)
 			goto out;
 
-		if (rlim < RLIM_INFINITY &&
-		    (mm->brk - addr) +
-		    (mm->end_data - mm->start_data) > rlim)
+		if (check_data_rlimit(rlimit(RLIMIT_DATA), mm->brk, addr,
+				      mm->end_data, mm->start_data))
 			goto out;
 
 		mm->start_brk = addr;
@@ -1745,9 +1743,8 @@ static int prctl_set_mm(int opt, unsigned long addr,
 		if (addr <= mm->end_data)
 			goto out;
 
-		if (rlim < RLIM_INFINITY &&
-		    (addr - mm->start_brk) +
-		    (mm->end_data - mm->start_data) > rlim)
+		if (check_data_rlimit(rlimit(RLIMIT_DATA), addr, mm->start_brk,
+				      mm->end_data, mm->start_data))
 			goto out;
 
 		mm->brk = addr;
diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index 2814189f501e..7ff38f1a66ec 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ static unsigned long do_brk(unsigned long addr, unsigned long len);
 
 SYSCALL_DEFINE1(brk, unsigned long, brk)
 {
-	unsigned long rlim, retval;
+	unsigned long retval;
 	unsigned long newbrk, oldbrk;
 	struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm;
 	unsigned long min_brk;
@@ -298,9 +298,8 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(brk, unsigned long, brk)
 	 * segment grow beyond its set limit the in case where the limit is
 	 * not page aligned -Ram Gupta
 	 */
-	rlim = rlimit(RLIMIT_DATA);
-	if (rlim < RLIM_INFINITY && (brk - mm->start_brk) +
-			(mm->end_data - mm->start_data) > rlim)
+	if (check_data_rlimit(rlimit(RLIMIT_DATA), brk, mm->start_brk,
+			      mm->end_data, mm->start_data))
 		goto out;
 
 	newbrk = PAGE_ALIGN(brk);