diff --git a/include/linux/cgroup.h b/include/linux/cgroup.h
index ab4ac0c..da7e4bc 100644
--- a/include/linux/cgroup.h
+++ b/include/linux/cgroup.h
@@ -539,7 +539,6 @@
  */
 #define task_subsys_state_check(task, subsys_id, __c)			\
 	rcu_dereference_check(task->cgroups->subsys[subsys_id],		\
-			      rcu_read_lock_held() ||			\
 			      lockdep_is_held(&task->alloc_lock) ||	\
 			      cgroup_lock_is_held() || (__c))
 
diff --git a/include/linux/cred.h b/include/linux/cred.h
index 8260799..f240f2f 100644
--- a/include/linux/cred.h
+++ b/include/linux/cred.h
@@ -284,7 +284,6 @@
 	({								\
 		const struct task_struct *__t = (task);			\
 		rcu_dereference_check(__t->real_cred,			\
-				      rcu_read_lock_held() ||		\
 				      task_is_dead(__t));		\
 	})
 
diff --git a/include/linux/fdtable.h b/include/linux/fdtable.h
index 133c0ba..df7e3cf 100644
--- a/include/linux/fdtable.h
+++ b/include/linux/fdtable.h
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@
 
 #define rcu_dereference_check_fdtable(files, fdtfd) \
 	(rcu_dereference_check((fdtfd), \
-			       rcu_read_lock_held() || \
 			       lockdep_is_held(&(files)->file_lock) || \
 			       atomic_read(&(files)->count) == 1 || \
 			       rcu_my_thread_group_empty()))
diff --git a/include/linux/rtnetlink.h b/include/linux/rtnetlink.h
index bbad657..27576aa 100644
--- a/include/linux/rtnetlink.h
+++ b/include/linux/rtnetlink.h
@@ -758,8 +758,7 @@
  * or RTNL. Note : Please prefer rtnl_dereference() or rcu_dereference()
  */
 #define rcu_dereference_rtnl(p)					\
-	rcu_dereference_check(p, rcu_read_lock_held() ||	\
-				 lockdep_rtnl_is_held())
+	rcu_dereference_check(p, lockdep_rtnl_is_held())
 
 /**
  * rtnl_dereference - fetch RCU pointer when updates are prevented by RTNL