diff --git a/mm/nommu.c b/mm/nommu.c
index 6a002ab..c73aa47 100644
--- a/mm/nommu.c
+++ b/mm/nommu.c
@@ -826,7 +826,7 @@
 	int ret;
 
 	/* do the simple checks first */
-	if (flags & MAP_FIXED || addr) {
+	if (flags & MAP_FIXED) {
 		printk(KERN_DEBUG
 		       "%d: Can't do fixed-address/overlay mmap of RAM\n",
 		       current->pid);
@@ -1182,9 +1182,6 @@
 
 	kenter(",%lx,%lx,%lx,%lx,%lx", addr, len, prot, flags, pgoff);
 
-	if (!(flags & MAP_FIXED))
-		addr = round_hint_to_min(addr);
-
 	/* decide whether we should attempt the mapping, and if so what sort of
 	 * mapping */
 	ret = validate_mmap_request(file, addr, len, prot, flags, pgoff,
@@ -1194,6 +1191,9 @@
 		return ret;
 	}
 
+	/* we ignore the address hint */
+	addr = 0;
+
 	/* we've determined that we can make the mapping, now translate what we
 	 * now know into VMA flags */
 	vm_flags = determine_vm_flags(file, prot, flags, capabilities);