diff --git a/zircon-object/src/vm/vmo/mod.rs b/zircon-object/src/vm/vmo/mod.rs
index 3f3ea35e3..1e7567046 100644
--- a/zircon-object/src/vm/vmo/mod.rs
+++ b/zircon-object/src/vm/vmo/mod.rs
@@ -156,21 +156,12 @@ impl VmObject {
     }
 
     /// Create a VM object referring to a specific contiguous range of physical frame.  
-    pub fn new_contiguous(p_size: usize, align_log2: usize) -> ZxResult<Arc<Self>> {
-        assert!(align_log2 < 8 * core::mem::size_of::<usize>());
-        let size = roundup_pages(p_size);
-        if size < p_size {
-            return Err(ZxError::INVALID_ARGS);
-        }
-        let base = KObjectBase::with_signal(Signal::VMO_ZERO_CHILDREN);
-        let size_page = pages(size);
-        let trait_ = VMObjectPaged::new(size_page);
-        trait_.create_contiguous(size, align_log2)?;
+    pub fn new_contiguous(pages: usize, align_log2: usize) -> ZxResult<Arc<Self>> {
         let vmo = Arc::new(VmObject {
-            base,
+            base: KObjectBase::with_signal(Signal::VMO_ZERO_CHILDREN),
             resizable: false,
             _counter: CountHelper::new(),
-            trait_,
+            trait_: VMObjectPaged::new_contiguous(pages, align_log2)?,
             inner: Mutex::new(VmObjectInner::default()),
         });
         Ok(vmo)
diff --git a/zircon-object/src/vm/vmo/paged.rs b/zircon-object/src/vm/vmo/paged.rs
index 33b032bc4..76703f9b1 100644
--- a/zircon-object/src/vm/vmo/paged.rs
+++ b/zircon-object/src/vm/vmo/paged.rs
@@ -177,6 +177,26 @@ impl VMObjectPaged {
         )
     }
 
+    /// Create a new VMO backing on contiguous pages.
+    pub fn new_contiguous(pages: usize, align_log2: usize) -> ZxResult<Arc<Self>> {
+        let vmo = Self::new(pages);
+        let mut frames = PhysFrame::alloc_contiguous(pages, align_log2 - PAGE_SIZE_LOG2);
+        if frames.is_empty() {
+            return Err(ZxError::NO_MEMORY);
+        }
+        {
+            let (_guard, mut inner) = vmo.get_inner_mut();
+            inner.contiguous = true;
+            for (i, f) in frames.drain(0..).enumerate() {
+                kernel_hal::pmem_zero(f.addr(), PAGE_SIZE);
+                let mut state = PageState::new(f);
+                state.pin_count += 1;
+                inner.frames.insert(i, state);
+            }
+        }
+        Ok(vmo)
+    }
+
     /// Internal: Wrap an inner struct to object.
     fn wrap(inner: VMObjectPagedInner, lock_ref: Option<Arc<Mutex<()>>>) -> Arc<Self> {
         let obj = Arc::new(VMObjectPaged {
@@ -429,27 +449,6 @@ enum CommitResult {
     NewPage(PhysFrame),
 }
 
-impl VMObjectPaged {
-    /// Create a list of contiguous pages
-    pub fn create_contiguous(&self, size: usize, align_log2: usize) -> ZxResult {
-        assert!(page_aligned(size));
-        let size_page = pages(size);
-        let mut frames = PhysFrame::alloc_contiguous(size_page, align_log2 - PAGE_SIZE_LOG2);
-        if frames.is_empty() {
-            return Err(ZxError::NO_MEMORY);
-        }
-        let (_guard, mut inner) = self.get_inner_mut();
-        inner.contiguous = true;
-        for (i, f) in frames.drain(0..).enumerate() {
-            kernel_hal::pmem_zero(f.addr(), PAGE_SIZE);
-            let mut state = PageState::new(f);
-            state.pin_count += 1;
-            inner.frames.insert(i, state);
-        }
-        Ok(())
-    }
-}
-
 impl VMObjectPagedInner {
     /// Helper function to split range into sub-ranges within pages.
     ///
diff --git a/zircon-syscall/src/vmo.rs b/zircon-syscall/src/vmo.rs
index fc1d8cdc7..b5cdd32d0 100644
--- a/zircon-syscall/src/vmo.rs
+++ b/zircon-syscall/src/vmo.rs
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ impl Syscall<'_> {
         let proc = self.thread.proc();
         proc.check_policy(PolicyCondition::NewVMO)?;
         let _bti = proc.get_object_with_rights::<BusTransactionInitiator>(bti, Rights::MAP)?;
-        let vmo = VmObject::new_contiguous(size, align_log2)?;
+        let vmo = VmObject::new_contiguous(pages(size), align_log2)?;
         let handle_value = proc.add_handle(Handle::new(vmo, Rights::DEFAULT_VMO));
         out.write(handle_value)?;
         Ok(())