diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index 79f4f8ae43ec..52fed230dc21 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -2994,14 +2994,11 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(remap_file_pages, unsigned long, start, unsigned long, size,
 	if (mmap_write_lock_killable(mm))
 		return -EINTR;
 
-	vma = find_vma(mm, start);
+	vma = vma_lookup(mm, start);
 
 	if (!vma || !(vma->vm_flags & VM_SHARED))
 		goto out;
 
-	if (start < vma->vm_start)
-		goto out;
-
 	if (start + size > vma->vm_end) {
 		struct vm_area_struct *next;