diff --git a/ntoskrnl/include/internal/mm.h b/ntoskrnl/include/internal/mm.h
index cb017a5be72..6782fc1ab39 100644
--- a/ntoskrnl/include/internal/mm.h
+++ b/ntoskrnl/include/internal/mm.h
@@ -618,6 +618,13 @@ MmLocateMemoryAreaByRegion(
     SIZE_T Length
 );
 
+BOOLEAN
+NTAPI
+MmIsAddressRangeFree(
+    _In_ PMMSUPPORT AddressSpace,
+    _In_ PVOID Address,
+    _In_ ULONG_PTR Length);
+
 PVOID
 NTAPI
 MmFindGap(
diff --git a/ntoskrnl/mm/marea.c b/ntoskrnl/mm/marea.c
index 4ca18459065..22c2369448c 100644
--- a/ntoskrnl/mm/marea.c
+++ b/ntoskrnl/mm/marea.c
@@ -115,6 +115,28 @@ MmLocateMemoryAreaByRegion(
     return MemoryArea;
 }
 
+BOOLEAN
+NTAPI
+MmIsAddressRangeFree(
+    _In_ PMMSUPPORT AddressSpace,
+    _In_ PVOID Address,
+    _In_ ULONG_PTR Length)
+{
+    ULONG_PTR StartVpn = (ULONG_PTR)Address / PAGE_SIZE;
+    ULONG_PTR EndVpn = ((ULONG_PTR)Address + Length - 1) / PAGE_SIZE;
+    PEPROCESS Process;
+    PMM_AVL_TABLE Table;
+    PMMADDRESS_NODE Node;
+    TABLE_SEARCH_RESULT Result;
+
+    Process = MmGetAddressSpaceOwner(AddressSpace);
+    Table = (Process != NULL) ? &Process->VadRoot : &MiRosKernelVadRoot;
+
+    Result = MiCheckForConflictingNode(StartVpn, EndVpn, Table, &Node);
+
+    return (Result != TableFoundNode);
+}
+
 VOID
 NTAPI
 MiInsertVad(IN PMMVAD Vad,
@@ -460,9 +482,7 @@ MmCreateMemoryArea(PMMSUPPORT AddressSpace,
         /* No need to check ARM3 owned memory areas, the range MUST be free */
         if (MemoryArea->Type != MEMORY_AREA_OWNED_BY_ARM3)
         {
-            if (MmLocateMemoryAreaByRegion(AddressSpace,
-                                           *BaseAddress,
-                                           tmpLength) != NULL)
+            if (!MmIsAddressRangeFree(AddressSpace, *BaseAddress, tmpLength))
             {
                 DPRINT("Memory area already occupied\n");
                 if (!(Type & MEMORY_AREA_STATIC)) ExFreePoolWithTag(MemoryArea, TAG_MAREA);
diff --git a/ntoskrnl/mm/section.c b/ntoskrnl/mm/section.c
index d570dbc3cec..9adcd6f3a86 100644
--- a/ntoskrnl/mm/section.c
+++ b/ntoskrnl/mm/section.c
@@ -4104,8 +4104,7 @@ MmMapViewOfSection(IN PVOID SectionObject,
         }
 
         /* Check there is enough space to map the section at that point. */
-        if (MmLocateMemoryAreaByRegion(AddressSpace, (PVOID)ImageBase,
-                                       PAGE_ROUND_UP(ImageSize)) != NULL)
+        if (!MmIsAddressRangeFree(AddressSpace, (PVOID)ImageBase, PAGE_ROUND_UP(ImageSize)))
         {
             /* Fail if the user requested a fixed base address. */
             if ((*BaseAddress) != NULL)