diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/pgtable.h
index 024f85f947ae..64ead8091248 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -286,7 +286,6 @@ static inline int is_module_addr(void *addr)
 
 #define _SEGMENT_ENTRY_DIRTY	0x2000	/* SW segment dirty bit */
 #define _SEGMENT_ENTRY_YOUNG	0x1000	/* SW segment young bit */
-#define _SEGMENT_ENTRY_SPLIT	0x0800	/* THP splitting bit */
 #define _SEGMENT_ENTRY_LARGE	0x0400	/* STE-format control, large page */
 #define _SEGMENT_ENTRY_READ	0x0002	/* SW segment read bit */
 #define _SEGMENT_ENTRY_WRITE	0x0001	/* SW segment write bit */
@@ -318,8 +317,6 @@ static inline int is_module_addr(void *addr)
  * SW-bits: y young, d dirty, r read, w write
  */
 
-#define _SEGMENT_ENTRY_SPLIT_BIT 11	/* THP splitting bit number */
-
 /* Page status table bits for virtualization */
 #define PGSTE_ACC_BITS	0xf000000000000000UL
 #define PGSTE_FP_BIT	0x0800000000000000UL
@@ -523,10 +520,6 @@ static inline int pmd_bad(pmd_t pmd)
 	return (pmd_val(pmd) & ~_SEGMENT_ENTRY_BITS) != 0;
 }
 
-#define __HAVE_ARCH_PMDP_SPLITTING_FLUSH
-extern void pmdp_splitting_flush(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
-				 unsigned long addr, pmd_t *pmdp);
-
 #define  __HAVE_ARCH_PMDP_SET_ACCESS_FLAGS
 extern int pmdp_set_access_flags(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 				 unsigned long address, pmd_t *pmdp,
@@ -1424,8 +1417,7 @@ static inline pmd_t pmd_modify(pmd_t pmd, pgprot_t newprot)
 	if (pmd_large(pmd)) {
 		pmd_val(pmd) &= _SEGMENT_ENTRY_ORIGIN_LARGE |
 			_SEGMENT_ENTRY_DIRTY | _SEGMENT_ENTRY_YOUNG |
-			_SEGMENT_ENTRY_LARGE | _SEGMENT_ENTRY_SPLIT |
-			_SEGMENT_ENTRY_SOFT_DIRTY;
+			_SEGMENT_ENTRY_LARGE | _SEGMENT_ENTRY_SOFT_DIRTY;
 		pmd_val(pmd) |= massage_pgprot_pmd(newprot);
 		if (!(pmd_val(pmd) & _SEGMENT_ENTRY_DIRTY))
 			pmd_val(pmd) |= _SEGMENT_ENTRY_PROTECT;
@@ -1533,12 +1525,6 @@ extern void pgtable_trans_huge_deposit(struct mm_struct *mm, pmd_t *pmdp,
 #define __HAVE_ARCH_PGTABLE_WITHDRAW
 extern pgtable_t pgtable_trans_huge_withdraw(struct mm_struct *mm, pmd_t *pmdp);
 
-static inline int pmd_trans_splitting(pmd_t pmd)
-{
-	return (pmd_val(pmd) & _SEGMENT_ENTRY_LARGE) &&
-		(pmd_val(pmd) & _SEGMENT_ENTRY_SPLIT);
-}
-
 static inline void set_pmd_at(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
 			      pmd_t *pmdp, pmd_t entry)
 {
diff --git a/arch/s390/mm/gup.c b/arch/s390/mm/gup.c
index 1a2cad52babf..13dab0c1645c 100644
--- a/arch/s390/mm/gup.c
+++ b/arch/s390/mm/gup.c
@@ -105,16 +105,7 @@ static inline int gup_pmd_range(pud_t *pudp, pud_t pud, unsigned long addr,
 		pmd = *pmdp;
 		barrier();
 		next = pmd_addr_end(addr, end);
-		/*
-		 * The pmd_trans_splitting() check below explains why
-		 * pmdp_splitting_flush() has to serialize with
-		 * smp_call_function() against our disabled IRQs, to stop
-		 * this gup-fast code from running while we set the
-		 * splitting bit in the pmd. Returning zero will take
-		 * the slow path that will call wait_split_huge_page()
-		 * if the pmd is still in splitting state.
-		 */
-		if (pmd_none(pmd) || pmd_trans_splitting(pmd))
+		if (pmd_none(pmd))
 			return 0;
 		if (unlikely(pmd_large(pmd))) {
 			/*
diff --git a/arch/s390/mm/pgtable.c b/arch/s390/mm/pgtable.c
index aa34af0a0b26..4e54492f463a 100644
--- a/arch/s390/mm/pgtable.c
+++ b/arch/s390/mm/pgtable.c
@@ -1305,22 +1305,6 @@ int pmdp_set_access_flags(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	return 1;
 }
 
-static void pmdp_splitting_flush_sync(void *arg)
-{
-	/* Simply deliver the interrupt */
-}
-
-void pmdp_splitting_flush(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
-			  pmd_t *pmdp)
-{
-	VM_BUG_ON(address & ~HPAGE_PMD_MASK);
-	if (!test_and_set_bit(_SEGMENT_ENTRY_SPLIT_BIT,
-			      (unsigned long *) pmdp)) {
-		/* need to serialize against gup-fast (IRQ disabled) */
-		smp_call_function(pmdp_splitting_flush_sync, NULL, 1);
-	}
-}
-
 void pgtable_trans_huge_deposit(struct mm_struct *mm, pmd_t *pmdp,
 				pgtable_t pgtable)
 {