diff --git a/mm/mlock.c b/mm/mlock.c
index 1c5e33f..79b7cf7 100644
--- a/mm/mlock.c
+++ b/mm/mlock.c
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@
 
 		newflags = vma->vm_flags & ~VM_LOCKED;
 		if (on)
-			newflags |= VM_LOCKED | VM_POPULATE;
+			newflags |= VM_LOCKED;
 
 		tmp = vma->vm_end;
 		if (tmp > end)
@@ -418,8 +418,7 @@
 		 * range with the first VMA. Also, skip undesirable VMA types.
 		 */
 		nend = min(end, vma->vm_end);
-		if ((vma->vm_flags & (VM_IO | VM_PFNMAP | VM_POPULATE)) !=
-		    VM_POPULATE)
+		if (vma->vm_flags & (VM_IO | VM_PFNMAP))
 			continue;
 		if (nstart < vma->vm_start)
 			nstart = vma->vm_start;
@@ -492,9 +491,9 @@
 	struct vm_area_struct * vma, * prev = NULL;
 
 	if (flags & MCL_FUTURE)
-		current->mm->def_flags |= VM_LOCKED | VM_POPULATE;
+		current->mm->def_flags |= VM_LOCKED;
 	else
-		current->mm->def_flags &= ~(VM_LOCKED | VM_POPULATE);
+		current->mm->def_flags &= ~VM_LOCKED;
 	if (flags == MCL_FUTURE)
 		goto out;
 
@@ -503,7 +502,7 @@
 
 		newflags = vma->vm_flags & ~VM_LOCKED;
 		if (flags & MCL_CURRENT)
-			newflags |= VM_LOCKED | VM_POPULATE;
+			newflags |= VM_LOCKED;
 
 		/* Ignore errors */
 		mlock_fixup(vma, &prev, vma->vm_start, vma->vm_end, newflags);