diff --git a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
index 9b800d97a68771b2299e978ebfdb003476e1c075..bc56df8ce0010e9c0082203ef42e95f1b12308d6 100644
--- a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
@@ -943,9 +943,7 @@ static struct vfsmount *hugetlbfs_vfsmount;
 
 static int can_do_hugetlb_shm(void)
 {
-	return likely(capable(CAP_IPC_LOCK) ||
-			in_group_p(sysctl_hugetlb_shm_group) ||
-			can_do_mlock());
+	return capable(CAP_IPC_LOCK) || in_group_p(sysctl_hugetlb_shm_group);
 }
 
 struct file *hugetlb_file_setup(const char *name, size_t size, int acctflag)
@@ -963,9 +961,6 @@ struct file *hugetlb_file_setup(const char *name, size_t size, int acctflag)
 	if (!can_do_hugetlb_shm())
 		return ERR_PTR(-EPERM);
 
-	if (!user_shm_lock(size, user))
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-
 	root = hugetlbfs_vfsmount->mnt_root;
 	quick_string.name = name;
 	quick_string.len = strlen(quick_string.name);
@@ -1004,7 +999,6 @@ struct file *hugetlb_file_setup(const char *name, size_t size, int acctflag)
 out_dentry:
 	dput(dentry);
 out_shm_unlock:
-	user_shm_unlock(size, user);
 	return ERR_PTR(error);
 }