diff --git a/mm/nommu.c b/mm/nommu.c
index 59992488..dfb124f 100644
--- a/mm/nommu.c
+++ b/mm/nommu.c
@@ -931,6 +931,8 @@
 	realalloc -= kobjsize(vml);
 	askedalloc -= sizeof(*vml);
 	kfree(vml);
+
+	update_hiwater_vm(mm);
 	mm->total_vm -= len >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 
 #ifdef DEBUG
@@ -1078,19 +1080,6 @@
 {
 }
 
-void update_mem_hiwater(struct task_struct *tsk)
-{
-	unsigned long rss;
-
-	if (likely(tsk->mm)) {
-		rss = get_mm_rss(tsk->mm);
-		if (tsk->mm->hiwater_rss < rss)
-			tsk->mm->hiwater_rss = rss;
-		if (tsk->mm->hiwater_vm < tsk->mm->total_vm)
-			tsk->mm->hiwater_vm = tsk->mm->total_vm;
-	}
-}
-
 void unmap_mapping_range(struct address_space *mapping,
 			 loff_t const holebegin, loff_t const holelen,
 			 int even_cows)