diff --git a/mm/ksm.c b/mm/ksm.c
index c2b2a94..1bbe785 100644
--- a/mm/ksm.c
+++ b/mm/ksm.c
@@ -301,20 +301,6 @@
 	return rmap_item->address & STABLE_FLAG;
 }
 
-static void hold_anon_vma(struct rmap_item *rmap_item,
-			  struct anon_vma *anon_vma)
-{
-	rmap_item->anon_vma = anon_vma;
-	get_anon_vma(anon_vma);
-}
-
-static void ksm_drop_anon_vma(struct rmap_item *rmap_item)
-{
-	struct anon_vma *anon_vma = rmap_item->anon_vma;
-
-	drop_anon_vma(anon_vma);
-}
-
 /*
  * ksmd, and unmerge_and_remove_all_rmap_items(), must not touch an mm's
  * page tables after it has passed through ksm_exit() - which, if necessary,
@@ -397,7 +383,7 @@
 	 * It is not an accident that whenever we want to break COW
 	 * to undo, we also need to drop a reference to the anon_vma.
 	 */
-	ksm_drop_anon_vma(rmap_item);
+	put_anon_vma(rmap_item->anon_vma);
 
 	down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
 	if (ksm_test_exit(mm))
@@ -466,7 +452,7 @@
 			ksm_pages_sharing--;
 		else
 			ksm_pages_shared--;
-		ksm_drop_anon_vma(rmap_item);
+		put_anon_vma(rmap_item->anon_vma);
 		rmap_item->address &= PAGE_MASK;
 		cond_resched();
 	}
@@ -554,7 +540,7 @@
 		else
 			ksm_pages_shared--;
 
-		ksm_drop_anon_vma(rmap_item);
+		put_anon_vma(rmap_item->anon_vma);
 		rmap_item->address &= PAGE_MASK;
 
 	} else if (rmap_item->address & UNSTABLE_FLAG) {
@@ -949,7 +935,8 @@
 		goto out;
 
 	/* Must get reference to anon_vma while still holding mmap_sem */
-	hold_anon_vma(rmap_item, vma->anon_vma);
+	rmap_item->anon_vma = vma->anon_vma;
+	get_anon_vma(vma->anon_vma);
 out:
 	up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
 	return err;