diff --git a/include/linux/vmalloc.h b/include/linux/vmalloc.h
index 7d5773a99f20..dd0a2c810529 100644
--- a/include/linux/vmalloc.h
+++ b/include/linux/vmalloc.h
@@ -82,6 +82,10 @@ extern void *vmap(struct page **pages, unsigned int count,
 			unsigned long flags, pgprot_t prot);
 extern void vunmap(const void *addr);
 
+extern int remap_vmalloc_range_partial(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+				       unsigned long uaddr, void *kaddr,
+				       unsigned long size);
+
 extern int remap_vmalloc_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma, void *addr,
 							unsigned long pgoff);
 void vmalloc_sync_all(void);
diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
index 3875fa2f0f60..b7259906a806 100644
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -1476,10 +1476,9 @@ static void __vunmap(const void *addr, int deallocate_pages)
 	if (!addr)
 		return;
 
-	if ((PAGE_SIZE-1) & (unsigned long)addr) {
-		WARN(1, KERN_ERR "Trying to vfree() bad address (%p)\n", addr);
+	if (WARN(!PAGE_ALIGNED(addr), "Trying to vfree() bad address (%p)\n",
+			addr));
 		return;
-	}
 
 	area = remove_vm_area(addr);
 	if (unlikely(!area)) {
@@ -2147,6 +2146,61 @@ long vwrite(char *buf, char *addr, unsigned long count)
 	return buflen;
 }
 
+/**
+ *	remap_vmalloc_range_partial  -  map vmalloc pages to userspace
+ *	@vma:		vma to cover
+ *	@uaddr:		target user address to start at
+ *	@kaddr:		virtual address of vmalloc kernel memory
+ *	@size:		size of map area
+ *
+ *	Returns:	0 for success, -Exxx on failure
+ *
+ *	This function checks that @kaddr is a valid vmalloc'ed area,
+ *	and that it is big enough to cover the range starting at
+ *	@uaddr in @vma. Will return failure if that criteria isn't
+ *	met.
+ *
+ *	Similar to remap_pfn_range() (see mm/memory.c)
+ */
+int remap_vmalloc_range_partial(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long uaddr,
+				void *kaddr, unsigned long size)
+{
+	struct vm_struct *area;
+
+	size = PAGE_ALIGN(size);
+
+	if (!PAGE_ALIGNED(uaddr) || !PAGE_ALIGNED(kaddr))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	area = find_vm_area(kaddr);
+	if (!area)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (!(area->flags & VM_USERMAP))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (kaddr + size > area->addr + area->size)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	do {
+		struct page *page = vmalloc_to_page(kaddr);
+		int ret;
+
+		ret = vm_insert_page(vma, uaddr, page);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+
+		uaddr += PAGE_SIZE;
+		kaddr += PAGE_SIZE;
+		size -= PAGE_SIZE;
+	} while (size > 0);
+
+	vma->vm_flags |= VM_DONTEXPAND | VM_DONTDUMP;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(remap_vmalloc_range_partial);
+
 /**
  *	remap_vmalloc_range  -  map vmalloc pages to userspace
  *	@vma:		vma to cover (map full range of vma)
@@ -2164,40 +2218,9 @@ long vwrite(char *buf, char *addr, unsigned long count)
 int remap_vmalloc_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma, void *addr,
 						unsigned long pgoff)
 {
-	struct vm_struct *area;
-	unsigned long uaddr = vma->vm_start;
-	unsigned long usize = vma->vm_end - vma->vm_start;
-
-	if ((PAGE_SIZE-1) & (unsigned long)addr)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	area = find_vm_area(addr);
-	if (!area)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	if (!(area->flags & VM_USERMAP))
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	if (usize + (pgoff << PAGE_SHIFT) > area->size - PAGE_SIZE)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	addr += pgoff << PAGE_SHIFT;
-	do {
-		struct page *page = vmalloc_to_page(addr);
-		int ret;
-
-		ret = vm_insert_page(vma, uaddr, page);
-		if (ret)
-			return ret;
-
-		uaddr += PAGE_SIZE;
-		addr += PAGE_SIZE;
-		usize -= PAGE_SIZE;
-	} while (usize > 0);
-
-	vma->vm_flags |= VM_DONTEXPAND | VM_DONTDUMP;
-
-	return 0;
+	return remap_vmalloc_range_partial(vma, vma->vm_start,
+					   addr + (pgoff << PAGE_SHIFT),
+					   vma->vm_end - vma->vm_start);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(remap_vmalloc_range);