diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index 4f8def03428ce967d91f7a1fa738733d8a386758..11ca5927d5ff72575e2c34025a5f6e810d2ef7b4 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -1076,17 +1076,6 @@ unsigned long do_mmap_pgoff(struct file * file, unsigned long addr,
 		error = file->f_op->mmap(file, vma);
 		if (error)
 			goto unmap_and_free_vma;
-		if ((vma->vm_flags & (VM_SHARED | VM_WRITE | VM_RESERVED))
-						== (VM_WRITE | VM_RESERVED)) {
-			printk(KERN_WARNING "program %s is using MAP_PRIVATE, "
-				"PROT_WRITE mmap of VM_RESERVED memory, which "
-				"is deprecated. Please report this to "
-				"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org\n",current->comm);
-			if (vma->vm_ops && vma->vm_ops->close)
-				vma->vm_ops->close(vma);
-			error = -EACCES;
-			goto unmap_and_free_vma;
-		}
 	} else if (vm_flags & VM_SHARED) {
 		error = shmem_zero_setup(vma);
 		if (error)
diff --git a/mm/mprotect.c b/mm/mprotect.c
index 17a2b52b753b0c5ac855abeed9cc5a2934685bd0..653b8571c1ed10e86c94ae727147b77ce0e09788 100644
--- a/mm/mprotect.c
+++ b/mm/mprotect.c
@@ -124,14 +124,6 @@ mprotect_fixup(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_area_struct **pprev,
 	 * a MAP_NORESERVE private mapping to writable will now reserve.
 	 */
 	if (newflags & VM_WRITE) {
-		if (oldflags & VM_RESERVED) {
-			BUG_ON(oldflags & VM_WRITE);
-			printk(KERN_WARNING "program %s is using MAP_PRIVATE, "
-				"PROT_WRITE mprotect of VM_RESERVED memory, "
-				"which is deprecated. Please report this to "
-				"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org\n",current->comm);
-			return -EACCES;
-		}
 		if (!(oldflags & (VM_ACCOUNT|VM_WRITE|VM_SHARED|VM_HUGETLB))) {
 			charged = nrpages;
 			if (security_vm_enough_memory(charged))