diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 1d6b1563b956..a674558e4c05 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -258,8 +258,6 @@ void setup_initial_init_mm(void *start_code, void *end_code,
 struct vm_area_struct *vm_area_alloc(struct mm_struct *);
 struct vm_area_struct *vm_area_dup(struct vm_area_struct *);
 void vm_area_free(struct vm_area_struct *);
-/* Use only if VMA has no other users */
-void __vm_area_free(struct vm_area_struct *vma);
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_MMU
 extern struct rb_root nommu_region_tree;
diff --git a/include/linux/mm_types.h b/include/linux/mm_types.h
index 2d83d79d1899..93bfcd0c1fde 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm_types.h
@@ -582,6 +582,12 @@ static inline void *folio_get_private(struct folio *folio)
 
 typedef unsigned long vm_flags_t;
 
+/*
+ * freeptr_t represents a SLUB freelist pointer, which might be encoded
+ * and not dereferenceable if CONFIG_SLAB_FREELIST_HARDENED is enabled.
+ */
+typedef struct { unsigned long v; } freeptr_t;
+
 /*
  * A region containing a mapping of a non-memory backed file under NOMMU
  * conditions.  These are held in a global tree and are pinned by the VMAs that
@@ -695,9 +701,7 @@ struct vm_area_struct {
 			unsigned long vm_start;
 			unsigned long vm_end;
 		};
-#ifdef CONFIG_PER_VMA_LOCK
-		struct rcu_head vm_rcu;	/* Used for deferred freeing. */
-#endif
+		freeptr_t vm_freeptr; /* Pointer used by SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU */
 	};
 
 	/*
diff --git a/include/linux/slab.h b/include/linux/slab.h
index 10a971c2bde3..681b685b6c4e 100644
--- a/include/linux/slab.h
+++ b/include/linux/slab.h
@@ -234,12 +234,6 @@ enum _slab_flag_bits {
 #define SLAB_NO_OBJ_EXT		__SLAB_FLAG_UNUSED
 #endif
 
-/*
- * freeptr_t represents a SLUB freelist pointer, which might be encoded
- * and not dereferenceable if CONFIG_SLAB_FREELIST_HARDENED is enabled.
- */
-typedef struct { unsigned long v; } freeptr_t;
-
 /*
  * ZERO_SIZE_PTR will be returned for zero sized kmalloc requests.
  *
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 9d9275783cf8..770b973a099c 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -449,6 +449,41 @@ struct vm_area_struct *vm_area_alloc(struct mm_struct *mm)
 	return vma;
 }
 
+static void vma_copy(const struct vm_area_struct *src, struct vm_area_struct *dest)
+{
+	dest->vm_mm = src->vm_mm;
+	dest->vm_ops = src->vm_ops;
+	dest->vm_start = src->vm_start;
+	dest->vm_end = src->vm_end;
+	dest->anon_vma = src->anon_vma;
+	dest->vm_pgoff = src->vm_pgoff;
+	dest->vm_file = src->vm_file;
+	dest->vm_private_data = src->vm_private_data;
+	vm_flags_init(dest, src->vm_flags);
+	memcpy(&dest->vm_page_prot, &src->vm_page_prot,
+	       sizeof(dest->vm_page_prot));
+	/*
+	 * src->shared.rb may be modified concurrently, but the clone
+	 * will be reinitialized.
+	 */
+	data_race(memcpy(&dest->shared, &src->shared, sizeof(dest->shared)));
+	memcpy(&dest->vm_userfaultfd_ctx, &src->vm_userfaultfd_ctx,
+	       sizeof(dest->vm_userfaultfd_ctx));
+#ifdef CONFIG_ANON_VMA_NAME
+	dest->anon_name = src->anon_name;
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_SWAP
+	memcpy(&dest->swap_readahead_info, &src->swap_readahead_info,
+	       sizeof(dest->swap_readahead_info));
+#endif
+#ifndef CONFIG_MMU
+	dest->vm_region = src->vm_region;
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
+	dest->vm_policy = src->vm_policy;
+#endif
+}
+
 struct vm_area_struct *vm_area_dup(struct vm_area_struct *orig)
 {
 	struct vm_area_struct *new = kmem_cache_alloc(vm_area_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -458,11 +493,7 @@ struct vm_area_struct *vm_area_dup(struct vm_area_struct *orig)
 
 	ASSERT_EXCLUSIVE_WRITER(orig->vm_flags);
 	ASSERT_EXCLUSIVE_WRITER(orig->vm_file);
-	/*
-	 * orig->shared.rb may be modified concurrently, but the clone
-	 * will be reinitialized.
-	 */
-	data_race(memcpy(new, orig, sizeof(*new)));
+	vma_copy(orig, new);
 	vma_lock_init(new, true);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&new->anon_vma_chain);
 	vma_numab_state_init(new);
@@ -471,7 +502,7 @@ struct vm_area_struct *vm_area_dup(struct vm_area_struct *orig)
 	return new;
 }
 
-void __vm_area_free(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+void vm_area_free(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
 	/* The vma should be detached while being destroyed. */
 	vma_assert_detached(vma);
@@ -480,25 +511,6 @@ void __vm_area_free(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 	kmem_cache_free(vm_area_cachep, vma);
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_PER_VMA_LOCK
-static void vm_area_free_rcu_cb(struct rcu_head *head)
-{
-	struct vm_area_struct *vma = container_of(head, struct vm_area_struct,
-						  vm_rcu);
-
-	__vm_area_free(vma);
-}
-#endif
-
-void vm_area_free(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
-{
-#ifdef CONFIG_PER_VMA_LOCK
-	call_rcu(&vma->vm_rcu, vm_area_free_rcu_cb);
-#else
-	__vm_area_free(vma);
-#endif
-}
-
 static void account_kernel_stack(struct task_struct *tsk, int account)
 {
 	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_VMAP_STACK)) {
@@ -3144,6 +3156,11 @@ void __init mm_cache_init(void)
 
 void __init proc_caches_init(void)
 {
+	struct kmem_cache_args args = {
+		.use_freeptr_offset = true,
+		.freeptr_offset = offsetof(struct vm_area_struct, vm_freeptr),
+	};
+
 	sighand_cachep = kmem_cache_create("sighand_cache",
 			sizeof(struct sighand_struct), 0,
 			SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN|SLAB_PANIC|SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU|
@@ -3160,8 +3177,9 @@ void __init proc_caches_init(void)
 			sizeof(struct fs_struct), 0,
 			SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN|SLAB_PANIC|SLAB_ACCOUNT,
 			NULL);
-	vm_area_cachep = KMEM_CACHE(vm_area_struct,
-			SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN|SLAB_NO_MERGE|SLAB_PANIC|
+	vm_area_cachep = kmem_cache_create("vm_area_struct",
+			sizeof(struct vm_area_struct), &args,
+			SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN|SLAB_PANIC|SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU|
 			SLAB_ACCOUNT);
 	mmap_init();
 	nsproxy_cache_init();
diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index cda01071c7b1..7aa36216ecc0 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -1305,7 +1305,8 @@ void exit_mmap(struct mm_struct *mm)
 	do {
 		if (vma->vm_flags & VM_ACCOUNT)
 			nr_accounted += vma_pages(vma);
-		remove_vma(vma, /* unreachable = */ true);
+		vma_mark_detached(vma);
+		remove_vma(vma);
 		count++;
 		cond_resched();
 		vma = vma_next(&vmi);
diff --git a/mm/vma.c b/mm/vma.c
index 93ff42ac2002..0a5158d611e3 100644
--- a/mm/vma.c
+++ b/mm/vma.c
@@ -406,19 +406,14 @@ static bool can_vma_merge_right(struct vma_merge_struct *vmg,
 /*
  * Close a vm structure and free it.
  */
-void remove_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma, bool unreachable)
+void remove_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
 	might_sleep();
 	vma_close(vma);
 	if (vma->vm_file)
 		fput(vma->vm_file);
 	mpol_put(vma_policy(vma));
-	if (unreachable) {
-		vma_mark_detached(vma);
-		__vm_area_free(vma);
-	} else {
-		vm_area_free(vma);
-	}
+	vm_area_free(vma);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1201,7 +1196,7 @@ static void vms_complete_munmap_vmas(struct vma_munmap_struct *vms,
 	/* Remove and clean up vmas */
 	mas_set(mas_detach, 0);
 	mas_for_each(mas_detach, vma, ULONG_MAX)
-		remove_vma(vma, /* unreachable = */ false);
+		remove_vma(vma);
 
 	vm_unacct_memory(vms->nr_accounted);
 	validate_mm(mm);
diff --git a/mm/vma.h b/mm/vma.h
index 63dd38d5230c..f51005b95b39 100644
--- a/mm/vma.h
+++ b/mm/vma.h
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ int do_vmi_munmap(struct vma_iterator *vmi, struct mm_struct *mm,
 		  unsigned long start, size_t len, struct list_head *uf,
 		  bool unlock);
 
-void remove_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma, bool unreachable);
+void remove_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma);
 
 void unmap_region(struct ma_state *mas, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		struct vm_area_struct *prev, struct vm_area_struct *next);
diff --git a/tools/testing/vma/vma_internal.h b/tools/testing/vma/vma_internal.h
index 2ce032943861..49a85ce0d45a 100644
--- a/tools/testing/vma/vma_internal.h
+++ b/tools/testing/vma/vma_internal.h
@@ -697,14 +697,9 @@ static inline void mpol_put(struct mempolicy *)
 {
 }
 
-static inline void __vm_area_free(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
-{
-	free(vma);
-}
-
 static inline void vm_area_free(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
-	__vm_area_free(vma);
+	free(vma);
 }
 
 static inline void lru_add_drain(void)
