diff --git a/drivers/android/binder.c b/drivers/android/binder.c
index f7ee59d6a..194e67b1f 100644
--- a/drivers/android/binder.c
+++ b/drivers/android/binder.c
@@ -1197,13 +1197,6 @@ static void binder_do_set_priority(struct task_struct *task,
 			priority = MIN_NICE;
 		} else if (priority > max_rtprio) {
 			priority = max_rtprio;
-
-	if (mm) {
-		down_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
-		if (!mmget_still_valid(mm)) {
-			if (allocate == 0)
-				goto free_range;
-			goto err_no_vma;
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/main.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/main.c
index 6968154a0..67c4c7334 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/main.c
@@ -1042,8 +1042,6 @@ static void mlx4_ib_disassociate_ucontext(struct ib_ucontext *ibcontext)
 	 * mlx4_ib_vma_close().
 	 */
 	down_write(&owning_mm->mmap_sem);
-	if (!mmget_still_valid(owning_mm))
-		goto skip_mm;
 	for (i = 0; i < HW_BAR_COUNT; i++) {
 		vma = context->hw_bar_info[i].vma;
 		if (!vma)
@@ -1063,7 +1061,6 @@ static void mlx4_ib_disassociate_ucontext(struct ib_ucontext *ibcontext)
 		context->hw_bar_info[i].vma->vm_ops = NULL;
 	}
 
-skip_mm:
 	up_write(&owning_mm->mmap_sem);
 	mmput(owning_mm);
 	put_task_struct(owning_process);
diff --git a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
index 1f91e476d..04a3ff0c3 100644
--- a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
+++ b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
@@ -1120,24 +1120,6 @@ static ssize_t clear_refs_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 					continue;
 				up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
 				down_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
-				/*
-				 * Avoid to modify vma->vm_flags
-				 * without locked ops while the
-				 * coredump reads the vm_flags.
-				 */
-				if (!mmget_still_valid(mm)) {
-					/*
-					 * Silently return "count"
-					 * like if get_task_mm()
-					 * failed. FIXME: should this
-					 * function have returned
-					 * -ESRCH if get_task_mm()
-					 * failed like if
-					 * get_proc_task() fails?
-					 */
-					up_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
-					goto out_mm;
-				}
 				for (vma = mm->mmap; vma; vma = vma->vm_next) {
 					vma->vm_flags &= ~VM_SOFTDIRTY;
 					vma_set_page_prot(vma);
diff --git a/fs/userfaultfd.c b/fs/userfaultfd.c
index 08cc09b99..9de2b7a2e 100644
--- a/fs/userfaultfd.c
+++ b/fs/userfaultfd.c
@@ -446,8 +446,6 @@ static int userfaultfd_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	 * taking the mmap_sem for writing.
 	 */
 	down_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
-	if (!mmget_still_valid(mm))
-		goto skip_mm;
 	prev = NULL;
 	for (vma = mm->mmap; vma; vma = vma->vm_next) {
 		cond_resched();
@@ -471,7 +469,6 @@ static int userfaultfd_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 		vma->vm_flags = new_flags;
 		vma->vm_userfaultfd_ctx = NULL_VM_UFFD_CTX;
 	}
-skip_mm:
 	up_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
 	mmput(mm);
 wakeup:
@@ -773,8 +770,6 @@ static int userfaultfd_register(struct userfaultfd_ctx *ctx,
 		goto out;
 
 	down_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
-	if (!mmget_still_valid(mm))
-		goto out_unlock;
 	vma = find_vma_prev(mm, start, &prev);
 	if (!vma)
 		goto out_unlock;
@@ -934,8 +929,6 @@ static int userfaultfd_unregister(struct userfaultfd_ctx *ctx,
 		goto out;
 
 	down_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
-	if (!mmget_still_valid(mm))
-		goto out_unlock;
 	vma = find_vma_prev(mm, start, &prev);
 	if (!vma)
 		goto out_unlock;
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index ac87debb7..6b60de9e9 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -1133,27 +1133,6 @@ void zap_page_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
 void unmap_vmas(struct mmu_gather *tlb, struct vm_area_struct *start_vma,
 		unsigned long start, unsigned long end);
 
-/*
- * This has to be called after a get_task_mm()/mmget_not_zero()
- * followed by taking the mmap_sem for writing before modifying the
- * vmas or anything the coredump pretends not to change from under it.
- *
- * NOTE: find_extend_vma() called from GUP context is the only place
- * that can modify the "mm" (notably the vm_start/end) under mmap_sem
- * for reading and outside the context of the process, so it is also
- * the only case that holds the mmap_sem for reading that must call
- * this function. Generally if the mmap_sem is hold for reading
- * there's no need of this check after get_task_mm()/mmget_not_zero().
- *
- * This function can be obsoleted and the check can be removed, after
- * the coredump code will hold the mmap_sem for writing before
- * invoking the ->core_dump methods.
- */
-static inline bool mmget_still_valid(struct mm_struct *mm)
-{
-	return likely(!mm->core_state);
-}
-
 /**
  * mm_walk - callbacks for walk_page_range
  * @pmd_entry: if set, called for each non-empty PMD (3rd-level) entry
diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index 68b408720..82c6bfc51 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@
 #include <linux/memory.h>
 #include <linux/printk.h>
 #include <linux/userfaultfd_k.h>
-#include <linux/mm.h>
 
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/cacheflush.h>
@@ -2423,8 +2422,7 @@ find_extend_vma(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr)
 	vma = find_vma_prev(mm, addr, &prev);
 	if (vma && (vma->vm_start <= addr))
 		return vma;
-	/* don't alter vm_end if the coredump is running */
-	if (!prev || !mmget_still_valid(mm) || expand_stack(prev, addr))
+	if (!prev || expand_stack(prev, addr))
 		return NULL;
 	if (prev->vm_flags & VM_LOCKED)
 		populate_vma_page_range(prev, addr, prev->vm_end, NULL);
@@ -2450,9 +2448,6 @@ find_extend_vma(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr)
 		return vma;
 	if (!(vma->vm_flags & VM_GROWSDOWN))
 		return NULL;
-	/* don't alter vm_start if the coredump is running */
-	if (!mmget_still_valid(mm))
-		return NULL;
 	start = vma->vm_start;
 	if (expand_stack(vma, addr))
 		return NULL;