diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index 705a45b3c571..dbeac6fbccc9 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -2474,9 +2474,7 @@ static struct file *do_async_mmap_readahead(struct vm_fault *vmf,
  * it in the page cache, and handles the special cases reasonably without
  * having a lot of duplicated code.
  *
- * If FAULT_FLAG_SPECULATIVE is set, this function runs with elevated vma
- * refcount and with mmap lock not held.
- * Otherwise, vma->vm_mm->mmap_sem must be held on entry.
+ * vma->vm_mm->mmap_sem must be held on entry.
  *
  * If our return value has VM_FAULT_RETRY set, it's because
  * lock_page_or_retry() returned 0.
@@ -2501,47 +2499,6 @@ int filemap_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 	struct page *page;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	if (vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_SPECULATIVE) {
-		page = find_get_page(mapping, offset);
-		if (unlikely(!page) || unlikely(PageReadahead(page)))
-			return VM_FAULT_RETRY;
-
-		if (!trylock_page(page))
-			return VM_FAULT_RETRY;
-
-		if (unlikely(compound_head(page)->mapping != mapping))
-			goto page_unlock;
-		VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(page_to_pgoff(page) != offset, page);
-		if (unlikely(!PageUptodate(page)))
-			goto page_unlock;
-
-		max_off = DIV_ROUND_UP(i_size_read(inode), PAGE_SIZE);
-		if (unlikely(offset >= max_off))
-			goto page_unlock;
-
-		/*
-		 * Update readahead mmap_miss statistic.
-		 *
-		 * Note that we are not sure if finish_fault() will
-		 * manage to complete the transaction. If it fails,
-		 * we'll come back to filemap_fault() non-speculative
-		 * case which will update mmap_miss a second time.
-		 * This is not ideal, we would prefer to guarantee the
-		 * update will happen exactly once.
-		 */
-		if (!(vmf->vma->vm_flags & VM_RAND_READ) && ra->ra_pages) {
-			unsigned int mmap_miss = READ_ONCE(ra->mmap_miss);
-			if (mmap_miss)
-				WRITE_ONCE(ra->mmap_miss, --mmap_miss);
-		}
-
-		vmf->page = page;
-		return VM_FAULT_LOCKED;
-page_unlock:
-		unlock_page(page);
-		return VM_FAULT_RETRY;
-	}
-
 	max_off = DIV_ROUND_UP(i_size_read(inode), PAGE_SIZE);
 	if (unlikely(offset >= max_off))
 		return VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;