diff --git a/arch/mips/mm/gup.c b/arch/mips/mm/gup.c
index 36a3511..1afd87c 100644
--- a/arch/mips/mm/gup.c
+++ b/arch/mips/mm/gup.c
@@ -107,18 +107,7 @@
 		pmd_t pmd = *pmdp;
 
 		next = pmd_addr_end(addr, end);
-		/*
-		 * The pmd_trans_splitting() check below explains why
-		 * pmdp_splitting_flush has to flush the tlb, to stop
-		 * this gup-fast code from running while we set the
-		 * splitting bit in the pmd. Returning zero will take
-		 * the slow path that will call wait_split_huge_page()
-		 * if the pmd is still in splitting state. gup-fast
-		 * can't because it has irq disabled and
-		 * wait_split_huge_page() would never return as the
-		 * tlb flush IPI wouldn't run.
-		 */
-		if (pmd_none(pmd) || pmd_trans_splitting(pmd))
+		if (pmd_none(pmd))
 			return 0;
 		if (unlikely(pmd_huge(pmd))) {
 			if (!gup_huge_pmd(pmd, addr, next, write, pages,nr))