diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index d43f2806df18d494404d4bb6a70c7aac8a45d9ca..07e3f0d0ba12c03b87896e7cea1cf5a44e1e1ecf 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -1670,8 +1670,7 @@ static int shmem_swapin_page(struct inode *inode, pgoff_t index,
 	struct address_space *mapping = inode->i_mapping;
 	struct shmem_inode_info *info = SHMEM_I(inode);
 	struct mm_struct *charge_mm = vma ? vma->vm_mm : current->mm;
-	struct swap_info_struct *si;
-	struct page *page = NULL;
+	struct page *page;
 	swp_entry_t swap;
 	int error;
 
@@ -1679,12 +1678,6 @@ static int shmem_swapin_page(struct inode *inode, pgoff_t index,
 	swap = radix_to_swp_entry(*pagep);
 	*pagep = NULL;
 
-	/* Prevent swapoff from happening to us. */
-	si = get_swap_device(swap);
-	if (!si) {
-		error = EINVAL;
-		goto failed;
-	}
 	/* Look it up and read it in.. */
 	page = lookup_swap_cache(swap, NULL, 0);
 	if (!page) {
@@ -1746,8 +1739,6 @@ static int shmem_swapin_page(struct inode *inode, pgoff_t index,
 	swap_free(swap);
 
 	*pagep = page;
-	if (si)
-		put_swap_device(si);
 	return 0;
 failed:
 	if (!shmem_confirm_swap(mapping, index, swap))
@@ -1758,9 +1749,6 @@ static int shmem_swapin_page(struct inode *inode, pgoff_t index,
 		put_page(page);
 	}
 
-	if (si)
-		put_swap_device(si);
-
 	return error;
 }