diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index 23471526d424..a8ab5e73dc61 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -926,11 +926,6 @@ static long do_get_mempolicy(int *policy, nodemask_t *nmask,
 		*policy |= (pol->flags & MPOL_MODE_FLAGS);
 	}
 
-	if (vma) {
-		up_read(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
-		vma = NULL;
-	}
-
 	err = 0;
 	if (nmask) {
 		if (mpol_store_user_nodemask(pol)) {