diff --git a/fs/binfmt_aout.c b/fs/binfmt_aout.c
index e176d195e7e53982659388b970d60270f9bb695b..7596e1e94cde858df0ba7ea0907f9b86d1f4132e 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_aout.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_aout.c
@@ -319,7 +319,6 @@ static int load_aout_binary(struct linux_binprm * bprm, struct pt_regs * regs)
 	current->mm->free_area_cache = current->mm->mmap_base;
 	current->mm->cached_hole_size = 0;
 
-	current->mm->mmap = NULL;
 	compute_creds(bprm);
  	current->flags &= ~PF_FORKNOEXEC;
 #ifdef __sparc__