diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index c72f50feb98a..0d242c9b1f4c 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -1371,7 +1371,6 @@ unsigned long mmap_region(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,
 	struct ma_state mas_detach;
 	struct maple_tree mt_detach;
 	unsigned long end = addr + len;
-	unsigned long merge_start = addr, merge_end = end;
 	bool writable_file_mapping = false;
 	int error = -ENOMEM;
 	VMA_ITERATOR(vmi, mm, addr);
@@ -1424,8 +1423,8 @@ unsigned long mmap_region(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,
 	/* Attempt to expand an old mapping */
 	/* Check next */
 	if (next && next->vm_start == end && can_vma_merge_before(&vmg)) {
-		merge_end = next->vm_end;
-		vma = next;
+		vmg.end = next->vm_end;
+		vma = vmg.vma = next;
 		vmg.pgoff = next->vm_pgoff - pglen;
 		/*
 		 * We set this here so if we will merge with the previous VMA in
@@ -1438,15 +1437,15 @@ unsigned long mmap_region(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,
 
 	/* Check prev */
 	if (prev && prev->vm_end == addr && can_vma_merge_after(&vmg)) {
-		merge_start = prev->vm_start;
-		vma = prev;
+		vmg.start = prev->vm_start;
+		vma = vmg.vma = prev;
 		vmg.pgoff = prev->vm_pgoff;
 		vma_prev(&vmi); /* Equivalent to going to the previous range */
 	}
 
 	if (vma) {
 		/* Actually expand, if possible */
-		if (!vma_expand(&vmi, vma, merge_start, merge_end, vmg.pgoff, next)) {
+		if (!vma_expand(&vmg)) {
 			khugepaged_enter_vma(vma, vm_flags);
 			goto expanded;
 		}
@@ -2319,6 +2318,7 @@ int relocate_vma_down(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long shift)
 	unsigned long new_start = old_start - shift;
 	unsigned long new_end = old_end - shift;
 	VMA_ITERATOR(vmi, mm, new_start);
+	VMG_STATE(vmg, mm, &vmi, new_start, old_end, 0, vma->vm_pgoff);
 	struct vm_area_struct *next;
 	struct mmu_gather tlb;
 
@@ -2335,7 +2335,8 @@ int relocate_vma_down(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long shift)
 	/*
 	 * cover the whole range: [new_start, old_end)
 	 */
-	if (vma_expand(&vmi, vma, new_start, old_end, vma->vm_pgoff, NULL))
+	vmg.vma = vma;
+	if (vma_expand(&vmg))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	/*
@@ -2368,6 +2369,7 @@ int relocate_vma_down(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long shift)
 	tlb_finish_mmu(&tlb);
 
 	vma_prev(&vmi);
+
 	/* Shrink the vma to just the new range */
 	return vma_shrink(&vmi, vma, new_start, new_end, vma->vm_pgoff);
 }
diff --git a/mm/vma.c b/mm/vma.c
index b1ec412fac7f..4867ae722a9a 100644
--- a/mm/vma.c
+++ b/mm/vma.c
@@ -467,30 +467,25 @@ void validate_mm(struct mm_struct *mm)
 /*
  * vma_expand - Expand an existing VMA
  *
- * @vmi: The vma iterator
- * @vma: The vma to expand
- * @start: The start of the vma
- * @end: The exclusive end of the vma
- * @pgoff: The page offset of vma
- * @next: The current of next vma.
+ * @vmg: Describes a VMA expansion operation.
  *
- * Expand @vma to @start and @end.  Can expand off the start and end.  Will
- * expand over @next if it's different from @vma and @end == @next->vm_end.
- * Checking if the @vma can expand and merge with @next needs to be handled by
- * the caller.
+ * Expand @vma to vmg->start and vmg->end.  Can expand off the start and end.
+ * Will expand over vmg->next if it's different from vmg->vma and vmg->end ==
+ * vmg->next->vm_end.  Checking if the vmg->vma can expand and merge with
+ * vmg->next needs to be handled by the caller.
  *
  * Returns: 0 on success
  */
-int vma_expand(struct vma_iterator *vmi, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
-	       unsigned long start, unsigned long end, pgoff_t pgoff,
-	       struct vm_area_struct *next)
+int vma_expand(struct vma_merge_struct *vmg)
 {
 	struct vm_area_struct *anon_dup = NULL;
 	bool remove_next = false;
+	struct vm_area_struct *vma = vmg->vma;
+	struct vm_area_struct *next = vmg->next;
 	struct vma_prepare vp;
 
 	vma_start_write(vma);
-	if (next && (vma != next) && (end == next->vm_end)) {
+	if (next && (vma != next) && (vmg->end == next->vm_end)) {
 		int ret;
 
 		remove_next = true;
@@ -503,21 +498,21 @@ int vma_expand(struct vma_iterator *vmi, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	init_multi_vma_prep(&vp, vma, NULL, remove_next ? next : NULL, NULL);
 	/* Not merging but overwriting any part of next is not handled. */
 	VM_WARN_ON(next && !vp.remove &&
-		  next != vma && end > next->vm_start);
+		  next != vma && vmg->end > next->vm_start);
 	/* Only handles expanding */
-	VM_WARN_ON(vma->vm_start < start || vma->vm_end > end);
+	VM_WARN_ON(vma->vm_start < vmg->start || vma->vm_end > vmg->end);
 
 	/* Note: vma iterator must be pointing to 'start' */
-	vma_iter_config(vmi, start, end);
-	if (vma_iter_prealloc(vmi, vma))
+	vma_iter_config(vmg->vmi, vmg->start, vmg->end);
+	if (vma_iter_prealloc(vmg->vmi, vma))
 		goto nomem;
 
 	vma_prepare(&vp);
-	vma_adjust_trans_huge(vma, start, end, 0);
-	vma_set_range(vma, start, end, pgoff);
-	vma_iter_store(vmi, vma);
+	vma_adjust_trans_huge(vma, vmg->start, vmg->end, 0);
+	vma_set_range(vma, vmg->start, vmg->end, vmg->pgoff);
+	vma_iter_store(vmg->vmi, vma);
 
-	vma_complete(&vp, vmi, vma->vm_mm);
+	vma_complete(&vp, vmg->vmi, vma->vm_mm);
 	return 0;
 
 nomem:
diff --git a/mm/vma.h b/mm/vma.h
index 9060a1a1edfa..8f01fbc20fe7 100644
--- a/mm/vma.h
+++ b/mm/vma.h
@@ -128,10 +128,7 @@ void init_vma_prep(struct vma_prepare *vp,
 void vma_complete(struct vma_prepare *vp,
 		  struct vma_iterator *vmi, struct mm_struct *mm);
 
-int vma_expand(struct vma_iterator *vmi, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
-	       unsigned long start, unsigned long end, pgoff_t pgoff,
-	       struct vm_area_struct *next);
-
+int vma_expand(struct vma_merge_struct *vmg);
 int vma_shrink(struct vma_iterator *vmi, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	       unsigned long start, unsigned long end, pgoff_t pgoff);
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/vma/vma.c b/tools/testing/vma/vma.c
index b12f72979478..cce1ba78c57f 100644
--- a/tools/testing/vma/vma.c
+++ b/tools/testing/vma/vma.c
@@ -121,8 +121,7 @@ static struct vm_area_struct *merge_existing(struct vma_merge_struct *vmg)
  */
 static int expand_existing(struct vma_merge_struct *vmg)
 {
-	return vma_expand(vmg->vmi, vmg->vma, vmg->start, vmg->end, vmg->pgoff,
-			  vmg->next);
+	return vma_expand(vmg);
 }
 
 /*
