diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/mman.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/mman.h
index f94532f25db14014b06ef2b69055e6daf96f828e..274217e7ed70206dfd32591ac3fb30735bc83ccb 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/mman.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/mman.h
@@ -57,35 +57,39 @@ static inline int sparc_validate_prot(unsigned long prot, unsigned long addr)
 {
 	if (prot & ~(PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE | PROT_EXEC | PROT_SEM | PROT_ADI))
 		return 0;
-	if (prot & PROT_ADI) {
-		if (!adi_capable())
-			return 0;
+	return 1;
+}
 
-		if (addr) {
-			struct vm_area_struct *vma;
+#define arch_validate_flags(vm_flags) arch_validate_flags(vm_flags)
+/* arch_validate_flags() - Ensure combination of flags is valid for a
+ *	VMA.
+ */
+static inline bool arch_validate_flags(unsigned long vm_flags)
+{
+	/* If ADI is being enabled on this VMA, check for ADI
+	 * capability on the platform and ensure VMA is suitable
+	 * for ADI
+	 */
+	if (vm_flags & VM_SPARC_ADI) {
+		if (!adi_capable())
+			return false;
 
-			vma = find_vma(current->mm, addr);
-			if (vma) {
-				/* ADI can not be enabled on PFN
-				 * mapped pages
-				 */
-				if (vma->vm_flags & (VM_PFNMAP | VM_MIXEDMAP))
-					return 0;
+		/* ADI can not be enabled on PFN mapped pages */
+		if (vm_flags & (VM_PFNMAP | VM_MIXEDMAP))
+			return false;
 
-				/* Mergeable pages can become unmergeable
-				 * if ADI is enabled on them even if they
-				 * have identical data on them. This can be
-				 * because ADI enabled pages with identical
-				 * data may still not have identical ADI
-				 * tags on them. Disallow ADI on mergeable
-				 * pages.
-				 */
-				if (vma->vm_flags & VM_MERGEABLE)
-					return 0;
-			}
-		}
+		/* Mergeable pages can become unmergeable
+		 * if ADI is enabled on them even if they
+		 * have identical data on them. This can be
+		 * because ADI enabled pages with identical
+		 * data may still not have identical ADI
+		 * tags on them. Disallow ADI on mergeable
+		 * pages.
+		 */
+		if (vm_flags & VM_MERGEABLE)
+			return false;
 	}
-	return 1;
+	return true;
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_SPARC64 */