diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index ed202d29ca46..70d2763f92ea 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -6039,8 +6039,6 @@ int hugetlb_mcopy_atomic_pte(struct mm_struct *dst_mm,
 
 	set_huge_pte_at(dst_mm, dst_addr, dst_pte, _dst_pte);
 
-	(void)huge_ptep_set_access_flags(dst_vma, dst_addr, dst_pte, _dst_pte,
-					dst_vma->vm_flags & VM_WRITE);
 	hugetlb_count_add(pages_per_huge_page(h), dst_mm);
 
 	/* No need to invalidate - it was non-present before */