diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 3845de5d2581..245fb30858c9 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -2839,6 +2839,9 @@ static inline int vma_adjust(struct vma_iterator *vmi,
 {
 	return __vma_adjust(vmi, vma, start, end, pgoff, NULL);
 }
+extern int vma_expand(struct vma_iterator *vmi, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+		      unsigned long start, unsigned long end, pgoff_t pgoff,
+		      struct vm_area_struct *next);
 extern struct vm_area_struct *vma_merge(struct vma_iterator *vmi,
 	struct mm_struct *, struct vm_area_struct *prev, unsigned long addr,
 	unsigned long end, unsigned long vm_flags, struct anon_vma *,
diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index 3d08d7d243f0..9599db011b18 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -634,9 +634,9 @@ again:
  *
  * Returns: 0 on success
  */
-inline int vma_expand(struct vma_iterator *vmi, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
-		      unsigned long start, unsigned long end, pgoff_t pgoff,
-		      struct vm_area_struct *next)
+int vma_expand(struct vma_iterator *vmi, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+	       unsigned long start, unsigned long end, pgoff_t pgoff,
+	       struct vm_area_struct *next)
 {
 	bool remove_next = false;
 	struct vma_prepare vp;
diff --git a/mm/mremap.c b/mm/mremap.c
index b98185f48ba5..5c9a57909862 100644
--- a/mm/mremap.c
+++ b/mm/mremap.c
@@ -1053,8 +1053,8 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(mremap, unsigned long, addr, unsigned long, old_len,
 					extension_end, vma->vm_flags, vma->anon_vma,
 					vma->vm_file, extension_pgoff, vma_policy(vma),
 					vma->vm_userfaultfd_ctx, anon_vma_name(vma));
-			} else if (vma_adjust(&vmi, vma, vma->vm_start,
-					addr + new_len, vma->vm_pgoff)) {
+			} else if (vma_expand(&vmi, vma, vma->vm_start,
+					addr + new_len, vma->vm_pgoff, NULL)) {
 				vma = NULL;
 			}
 			if (!vma) {