diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index fe88d6eea3c2..1c5e3240cdbc 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -8301,8 +8301,6 @@ static void perf_event_mmap_event(struct perf_mmap_event *mmap_event)
 
 	if (vma->vm_flags & VM_DENYWRITE)
 		flags |= MAP_DENYWRITE;
-	if (vma->vm_flags & VM_MAYEXEC)
-		flags |= MAP_EXECUTABLE;
 	if (vma->vm_flags & VM_LOCKED)
 		flags |= MAP_LOCKED;
 	if (is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma))