diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index 9da9c27c33a2a61231a39f54af0e5926af4bd98f..c311bfd8005b535ed5b9c50467ef79dd961353fe 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -1551,9 +1551,6 @@ unsigned long mmap_region(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,
 		 * MAP_FIXED may remove pages of mappings that intersects with
 		 * requested mapping. Account for the pages it would unmap.
 		 */
-		if (!(vm_flags & MAP_FIXED))
-			return -ENOMEM;
-
 		nr_pages = count_vma_pages_range(mm, addr, addr + len);
 
 		if (!may_expand_vm(mm, (len >> PAGE_SHIFT) - nr_pages))