diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/consistent.c b/arch/arm/mm/consistent.c
index cefdf2f9f26e2b758fd7b96ecafded6fa8b73ff3..333a82a3717e07daa8979986480579b943507e53 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/consistent.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/consistent.c
@@ -322,7 +322,6 @@ static int dma_mmap(struct device *dev, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 
 		if (off < kern_size &&
 		    user_size <= (kern_size - off)) {
-			vma->vm_flags |= VM_RESERVED;
 			ret = remap_pfn_range(vma, vma->vm_start,
 					      page_to_pfn(c->vm_pages) + off,
 					      user_size << PAGE_SHIFT,