diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/llite_mmap.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/llite_mmap.c
index fb1c3b613f59d5718efc16e29f47bf2e730bb913..66ee5db5fce847f1bf0509df4ff9a3adaca886df 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/llite_mmap.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/llite_mmap.c
@@ -196,18 +196,11 @@ static int ll_page_mkwrite0(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct page *vmpage,
 
 	set = cfs_block_sigsinv(sigmask(SIGKILL) | sigmask(SIGTERM));
 
-	/* we grab lli_trunc_sem to exclude truncate case.
-	 * Otherwise, we could add dirty pages into osc cache
-	 * while truncate is on-going.
-	 */
 	inode = vvp_object_inode(io->ci_obj);
 	lli = ll_i2info(inode);
-	down_read(&lli->lli_trunc_sem);
 
 	result = cl_io_loop(env, io);
 
-	up_read(&lli->lli_trunc_sem);
-
 	cfs_restore_sigs(set);
 
 	if (result == 0) {