diff --git a/fs/file_table.c b/fs/file_table.c
index 40020a81c2160c7f7000590bc8c72fcd36ec10f4..709ada3151da5303c8c2fa46d0c0d7a7b7274cff 100644
--- a/fs/file_table.c
+++ b/fs/file_table.c
@@ -109,8 +109,6 @@ static struct file *__alloc_file(int flags, const struct cred *cred)
 		return ERR_PTR(error);
 	}
 
-	ima_file_alloc(f);
-
 	atomic_long_set(&f->f_count, 1);
 	rwlock_init(&f->f_owner.lock);
 	spin_lock_init(&f->f_lock);
@@ -261,10 +259,8 @@ static void __fput(struct file *file)
 	struct inode *inode = file->f_inode;
 	fmode_t mode = file->f_mode;
 
-	if (unlikely(!(file->f_mode & FMODE_OPENED))) {
-		ima_file_free(file);
+	if (unlikely(!(file->f_mode & FMODE_OPENED)))
 		goto out;
-	}
 
 	might_sleep();
 
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index a5618484708665c5d66b1a53a33f62423891f64a..ce2cab22d9421fea4c1e4f92a98a6b4d25eb133e 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -954,9 +954,6 @@ struct file {
 	struct address_space	*f_mapping;
 	errseq_t		f_wb_err;
 	errseq_t		f_sb_err; /* for syncfs */
-#ifdef CONFIG_IMA
-	void			*f_ima;
-#endif
 } __randomize_layout
   __attribute__((aligned(4)));	/* lest something weird decides that 2 is OK */
 
diff --git a/include/linux/ima.h b/include/linux/ima.h
index 88734870af59a51437b2599a6fe94c1a7d2f7e6d..77e7f512f61b1ac773e383f3f15226e75730d628 100644
--- a/include/linux/ima.h
+++ b/include/linux/ima.h
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ struct llist_node;
 extern int ima_bprm_check(struct linux_binprm *bprm);
 extern int ima_file_check(struct file *file, int mask);
 extern void ima_post_create_tmpfile(struct inode *inode);
-extern int ima_file_alloc(struct file *file);
 extern void ima_file_free(struct file *file);
 extern int ima_file_mmap(struct file *file, unsigned long prot);
 extern int ima_file_mprotect(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long prot);
@@ -71,11 +70,6 @@ static inline void ima_post_create_tmpfile(struct inode *inode)
 {
 }
 
-static inline int ima_file_alloc(struct file *file)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static inline void ima_file_free(struct file *file)
 {
 	return;
diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
index e4b0ad29dbd8f18b5dfd6f93fae31fdd3d588030..5fd890c85413bb2bff1473f96fbe7ca8621b9c8d 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
@@ -238,30 +238,6 @@ static void ima_check_last_writer(struct integrity_iint_cache *iint,
 	mutex_unlock(&iint->mutex);
 }
 
-/**
- * ima_file_alloc - called on __alloc_file()
- * @file: pointer to file structure being created
- *
- * Bind IMA namespace to the file descriptor. This is necessary, because
- * __fput can be called after exit_task_namespaces() in do_exit().
- * In that case nsproxy is already NULL and ima ns has to be found
- * differently in ima_file_free(). If process joins different ima ns, files
- * opened in the old ns will point to that (old) ns.
- */
-int ima_file_alloc(struct file *file)
-{
-	/* It is possible that ima_file_alloc() is called after
-	 * exit_task_namespaces(), when IMA does the last writer check from
-	 * __fput(). In that case it's not necessary to store the namespace
-	 * information */
-	if (!current->nsproxy)
-		return 0;
-
-	file->f_ima = get_current_ns();
-	get_ima_ns((struct ima_namespace *)file->f_ima);
-	return 0;
-}
-
 /**
  * ima_file_free - called on __fput()
  * @file: pointer to file structure being freed
@@ -272,24 +248,15 @@ void ima_file_free(struct file *file)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct integrity_iint_cache *iint;
-	struct ima_namespace *ima_ns = (struct ima_namespace *)file->f_ima;
-
-	if (!ima_ns)
-		return;
-
-	if (unlikely(!(file->f_mode & FMODE_OPENED)))
-		goto out;
 
 	if (!ima_policy_flag || !S_ISREG(inode->i_mode))
-		goto out;
+		return;
 
 	iint = integrity_iint_find(inode);
 	if (!iint)
-		goto out;
+		return;
 
 	ima_check_last_writer(iint, inode, file);
-out:
-	put_ima_ns(ima_ns);
 }
 
 static int process_measurement(struct file *file, const struct cred *cred,