diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
index e3c412430a6f..81cad5095889 100644
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -2503,67 +2503,94 @@ static void free_unmap_vmap_area(struct vmap_area *va)
 	free_vmap_area_noflush(va);
 }
 
-struct vmap_area *find_vmap_area(unsigned long addr)
+static inline int next_vmap_node_id(int i)
+{
+	return (i + nr_vmap_nodes - 1) % nr_vmap_nodes;
+}
+
+enum vmap_lock_mode {
+	VMAP_LOCK,
+	VMAP_TRYLOCK,
+};
+
+/*
+ * Search for a vmap_area at @addr across all vmap nodes.  An
+ * addr_to_node_id(addr) converts an address to a node index where
+ * a VA is located. If VA spans several zones and passed addr is not
+ * the same as va->va_start, what is not common, we may need to scan
+ * extra nodes. See an example:
+ *
+ *      <----va---->
+ * -|-----|-----|-----|-----|-
+ *     1     2     0     1
+ *
+ * VA resides in node 1 whereas it spans 1, 2 an 0. If passed addr
+ * is within 2 or 0 nodes we should do extra work.
+ *
+ * Returns the VA with @locked_vn->busy.lock held; the caller must
+ * release it. If @mode is VMAP_TRYLOCK, nodes that cannot be locked
+ * are skipped.
+ */
+static struct vmap_area *
+find_vmap_area_lock(unsigned long addr, struct vmap_node **locked_vn,
+		enum vmap_lock_mode mode)
 {
 	struct vmap_node *vn;
 	struct vmap_area *va;
 	int i, j;
 
+	*locked_vn = NULL;
+
 	if (unlikely(!vmap_initialized))
 		return NULL;
 
-	/*
-	 * An addr_to_node_id(addr) converts an address to a node index
-	 * where a VA is located. If VA spans several zones and passed
-	 * addr is not the same as va->va_start, what is not common, we
-	 * may need to scan extra nodes. See an example:
-	 *
-	 *      <----va---->
-	 * -|-----|-----|-----|-----|-
-	 *     1     2     0     1
-	 *
-	 * VA resides in node 1 whereas it spans 1, 2 an 0. If passed
-	 * addr is within 2 or 0 nodes we should do extra work.
-	 */
 	i = j = addr_to_node_id(addr);
 	do {
 		vn = &vmap_nodes[i];
 
-		spin_lock(&vn->busy.lock);
-		va = __find_vmap_area(addr, &vn->busy.root);
-		spin_unlock(&vn->busy.lock);
+		if (mode == VMAP_LOCK) {
+			spin_lock(&vn->busy.lock);
+		} else {
+			if (!spin_trylock(&vn->busy.lock))
+				continue;
+		}
 
-		if (va)
+		va = __find_vmap_area(addr, &vn->busy.root);
+		if (va) {
+			*locked_vn = vn;
 			return va;
-	} while ((i = (i + nr_vmap_nodes - 1) % nr_vmap_nodes) != j);
+		}
+
+		spin_unlock(&vn->busy.lock);
+	} while ((i = next_vmap_node_id(i)) != j);
 
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+struct vmap_area *find_vmap_area(unsigned long addr)
+{
+	struct vmap_node *vn;
+	struct vmap_area *va;
+
+	va = find_vmap_area_lock(addr, &vn, VMAP_LOCK);
+	if (va)
+		spin_unlock(&vn->busy.lock);
+
+	return va;
+}
+
 static struct vmap_area *find_unlink_vmap_area(unsigned long addr)
 {
 	struct vmap_node *vn;
 	struct vmap_area *va;
-	int i, j;
 
-	/*
-	 * Check the comment in the find_vmap_area() about the loop.
-	 */
-	i = j = addr_to_node_id(addr);
-	do {
-		vn = &vmap_nodes[i];
-
-		spin_lock(&vn->busy.lock);
-		va = __find_vmap_area(addr, &vn->busy.root);
-		if (va)
-			unlink_va(va, &vn->busy.root);
+	va = find_vmap_area_lock(addr, &vn, VMAP_LOCK);
+	if (va) {
+		unlink_va(va, &vn->busy.root);
 		spin_unlock(&vn->busy.lock);
+	}
 
-		if (va)
-			return va;
-	} while ((i = (i + nr_vmap_nodes - 1) % nr_vmap_nodes) != j);
-
-	return NULL;
+	return va;
 }
 
 /*** Per cpu kva allocator ***/
@@ -5269,14 +5296,11 @@ bool vmalloc_dump_obj(void *object)
 	unsigned long nr_pages;
 
 	addr = PAGE_ALIGN_DOWN((unsigned long) object);
-	vn = addr_to_node(addr);
 
-	if (!spin_trylock(&vn->busy.lock))
-		return false;
-
-	va = __find_vmap_area(addr, &vn->busy.root);
+	va = find_vmap_area_lock(addr, &vn, VMAP_TRYLOCK);
 	if (!va || !va->vm) {
-		spin_unlock(&vn->busy.lock);
+		if (va)
+			spin_unlock(&vn->busy.lock);
 		return false;
 	}