diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/signal.c b/arch/mips/kernel/signal.c
index ab042291fbfd1a1ce396d630a842ee10d6fef00c..ae423145211565cd37e552afacd350cef528e5cc 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/signal.c
@@ -770,15 +770,7 @@ static void handle_signal(struct ksignal *ksig, struct pt_regs *regs)
 	sigset_t *oldset = sigmask_to_save();
 	int ret;
 	struct mips_abi *abi = current->thread.abi;
-#ifdef CONFIG_CPU_MICROMIPS
-	void *vdso;
-	unsigned long tmp = (unsigned long)current->mm->context.vdso;
-
-	set_isa16_mode(tmp);
-	vdso = (void *)tmp;
-#else
 	void *vdso = current->mm->context.vdso;
-#endif
 
 	if (regs->regs[0]) {
 		switch(regs->regs[2]) {