diff --git a/mm/gup.c b/mm/gup.c
index b94717977d17..2532ec89f61b 100644
--- a/mm/gup.c
+++ b/mm/gup.c
@@ -1276,7 +1276,7 @@ int fixup_user_fault(struct mm_struct *mm,
 		     bool *unlocked)
 {
 	struct vm_area_struct *vma;
-	vm_fault_t ret, major = 0;
+	vm_fault_t ret;
 
 	address = untagged_addr(address);
 
@@ -1296,7 +1296,6 @@ retry:
 		return -EINTR;
 
 	ret = handle_mm_fault(vma, address, fault_flags, NULL);
-	major |= ret & VM_FAULT_MAJOR;
 	if (ret & VM_FAULT_ERROR) {
 		int err = vm_fault_to_errno(ret, 0);