diff --git a/fs/io-wq.c b/fs/io-wq.c
index 5cef075c0b37..39ed8751ea31 100644
--- a/fs/io-wq.c
+++ b/fs/io-wq.c
@@ -499,8 +499,6 @@ next:
 		 */
 		if (test_bit(IO_WQ_BIT_CANCEL, &wq->state))
 			work->flags |= IO_WQ_WORK_CANCEL;
-		if (worker->mm)
-			work->flags |= IO_WQ_WORK_HAS_MM;
 
 		if (wq->get_work) {
 			put_work = work;
diff --git a/fs/io-wq.h b/fs/io-wq.h
index e5e15f2c93ec..d500d88ab84e 100644
--- a/fs/io-wq.h
+++ b/fs/io-wq.h
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ struct io_wq;
 
 enum {
 	IO_WQ_WORK_CANCEL	= 1,
-	IO_WQ_WORK_HAS_MM	= 2,
 	IO_WQ_WORK_HASHED	= 4,
 	IO_WQ_WORK_UNBOUND	= 32,
 	IO_WQ_WORK_CB		= 128,