diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index 4378c334e89b..9695a9a3ab90 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -802,7 +802,6 @@ static long do_set_mempolicy(unsigned short mode, unsigned short flags,
 			     nodemask_t *nodes)
 {
 	struct mempolicy *new, *old;
-	struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm;
 	NODEMASK_SCRATCH(scratch);
 	int ret;
 
@@ -814,20 +813,11 @@ static long do_set_mempolicy(unsigned short mode, unsigned short flags,
 		ret = PTR_ERR(new);
 		goto out;
 	}
-	/*
-	 * prevent changing our mempolicy while show_numa_maps()
-	 * is using it.
-	 * Note:  do_set_mempolicy() can be called at init time
-	 * with no 'mm'.
-	 */
-	if (mm)
-		down_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
+
 	task_lock(current);
 	ret = mpol_set_nodemask(new, nodes, scratch);
 	if (ret) {
 		task_unlock(current);
-		if (mm)
-			up_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
 		mpol_put(new);
 		goto out;
 	}
@@ -837,9 +827,6 @@ static long do_set_mempolicy(unsigned short mode, unsigned short flags,
 	    nodes_weight(new->v.nodes))
 		current->il_next = first_node(new->v.nodes);
 	task_unlock(current);
-	if (mm)
-		up_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
-
 	mpol_put(old);
 	ret = 0;
 out: