diff --git a/arch/tile/mm/init.c b/arch/tile/mm/init.c
index 8400d3fb9e0a0c837f0746b8661ced347616a183..6a9d20ddc34f416438a7d9717cf75919ea7fa34b 100644
--- a/arch/tile/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/tile/mm/init.c
@@ -254,11 +254,6 @@ static pgprot_t __init init_pgprot(ulong address)
 		return construct_pgprot(PAGE_KERNEL_RO, PAGE_HOME_IMMUTABLE);
 	}
 
-	/* As a performance optimization, keep the boot init stack here. */
-	if (address >= (ulong)&init_thread_union &&
-	    address < (ulong)&init_thread_union + THREAD_SIZE)
-		return construct_pgprot(PAGE_KERNEL, smp_processor_id());
-
 #ifndef __tilegx__
 #if !ATOMIC_LOCKS_FOUND_VIA_TABLE()
 	/* Force the atomic_locks[] array page to be hash-for-home. */