diff --git a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
index 91828599c9f8..96d420b8fd40 100644
--- a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
+++ b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
@@ -1232,11 +1232,8 @@ static ssize_t clear_refs_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 					goto out_mm;
 				}
 				for (vma = mm->mmap; vma; vma = vma->vm_next) {
-					vm_write_begin(vma);
-					WRITE_ONCE(vma->vm_flags,
-						vma->vm_flags & ~VM_SOFTDIRTY);
+					vma->vm_flags &= ~VM_SOFTDIRTY;
 					vma_set_page_prot(vma);
-					vm_write_end(vma);
 				}
 				downgrade_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
 				break;
diff --git a/fs/userfaultfd.c b/fs/userfaultfd.c
index 3ada0736144f..0c6e16edd476 100644
--- a/fs/userfaultfd.c
+++ b/fs/userfaultfd.c
@@ -677,11 +677,8 @@ int dup_userfaultfd(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct list_head *fcs)
 
 	octx = vma->vm_userfaultfd_ctx.ctx;
 	if (!octx || !(octx->features & UFFD_FEATURE_EVENT_FORK)) {
-		vm_write_begin(vma);
 		vma->vm_userfaultfd_ctx = NULL_VM_UFFD_CTX;
-		WRITE_ONCE(vma->vm_flags,
-			   vma->vm_flags & ~(VM_UFFD_WP | VM_UFFD_MISSING));
-		vm_write_end(vma);
+		vma->vm_flags &= ~(VM_UFFD_WP | VM_UFFD_MISSING);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -923,10 +920,8 @@ static int userfaultfd_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 			else
 				prev = vma;
 		}
-		vm_write_begin(vma);
-		WRITE_ONCE(vma->vm_flags, new_flags);
+		vma->vm_flags = new_flags;
 		vma->vm_userfaultfd_ctx = NULL_VM_UFFD_CTX;
-		vm_write_end(vma);
 	}
 	up_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
 	mmput(mm);
@@ -1488,10 +1483,8 @@ static int userfaultfd_register(struct userfaultfd_ctx *ctx,
 		 * the next vma was merged into the current one and
 		 * the current one has not been updated yet.
 		 */
-		vm_write_begin(vma);
-		WRITE_ONCE(vma->vm_flags, new_flags);
+		vma->vm_flags = new_flags;
 		vma->vm_userfaultfd_ctx.ctx = ctx;
-		vm_write_end(vma);
 
 	skip:
 		prev = vma;
@@ -1653,10 +1646,8 @@ static int userfaultfd_unregister(struct userfaultfd_ctx *ctx,
 		 * the next vma was merged into the current one and
 		 * the current one has not been updated yet.
 		 */
-		vm_write_begin(vma);
-		WRITE_ONCE(vma->vm_flags, new_flags);
+		vma->vm_flags = new_flags;
 		vma->vm_userfaultfd_ctx = NULL_VM_UFFD_CTX;
-		vm_write_end(vma);
 
 	skip:
 		prev = vma;
diff --git a/mm/khugepaged.c b/mm/khugepaged.c
index 5270a38b7e5b..5dd14ef2e1de 100644
--- a/mm/khugepaged.c
+++ b/mm/khugepaged.c
@@ -1027,7 +1027,6 @@ static void collapse_huge_page(struct mm_struct *mm,
 	if (mm_find_pmd(mm, address) != pmd)
 		goto out;
 
-	vm_write_begin(vma);
 	anon_vma_lock_write(vma->anon_vma);
 
 	pte = pte_offset_map(pmd, address);
@@ -1063,7 +1062,6 @@ static void collapse_huge_page(struct mm_struct *mm,
 		pmd_populate(mm, pmd, pmd_pgtable(_pmd));
 		spin_unlock(pmd_ptl);
 		anon_vma_unlock_write(vma->anon_vma);
-		vm_write_end(vma);
 		result = SCAN_FAIL;
 		goto out;
 	}
@@ -1098,7 +1096,6 @@ static void collapse_huge_page(struct mm_struct *mm,
 	set_pmd_at(mm, address, pmd, _pmd);
 	update_mmu_cache_pmd(vma, address, pmd);
 	spin_unlock(pmd_ptl);
-	vm_write_end(vma);
 
 	*hpage = NULL;
 
diff --git a/mm/madvise.c b/mm/madvise.c
index 31b2a86d126d..68a9626ef8f2 100644
--- a/mm/madvise.c
+++ b/mm/madvise.c
@@ -184,9 +184,7 @@ success:
 	/*
 	 * vm_flags is protected by the mmap_sem held in write mode.
 	 */
-	vm_write_begin(vma);
-	WRITE_ONCE(vma->vm_flags, new_flags);
-	vm_write_end(vma);
+	vma->vm_flags = new_flags;
 out:
 	return error;
 }
@@ -452,11 +450,9 @@ static void madvise_free_page_range(struct mmu_gather *tlb,
 		.private = tlb,
 	};
 
-	vm_write_begin(vma);
 	tlb_start_vma(tlb, vma);
 	walk_page_range(addr, end, &free_walk);
 	tlb_end_vma(tlb, vma);
-	vm_write_end(vma);
 }
 
 static int madvise_free_single_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index 80a975644644..7270a1d6844d 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -380,11 +380,8 @@ void mpol_rebind_mm(struct mm_struct *mm, nodemask_t *new)
 	struct vm_area_struct *vma;
 
 	down_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
-	for (vma = mm->mmap; vma; vma = vma->vm_next) {
-		vm_write_begin(vma);
+	for (vma = mm->mmap; vma; vma = vma->vm_next)
 		mpol_rebind_policy(vma->vm_policy, new);
-		vm_write_end(vma);
-	}
 	up_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
 }
 
@@ -599,11 +596,9 @@ unsigned long change_prot_numa(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 {
 	int nr_updated;
 
-	vm_write_begin(vma);
 	nr_updated = change_protection(vma, addr, end, PAGE_NONE, 0, 1);
 	if (nr_updated)
 		count_vm_numa_events(NUMA_PTE_UPDATES, nr_updated);
-	vm_write_end(vma);
 
 	return nr_updated;
 }
@@ -717,7 +712,6 @@ static int vma_replace_policy(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	if (IS_ERR(new))
 		return PTR_ERR(new);
 
-	vm_write_begin(vma);
 	if (vma->vm_ops && vma->vm_ops->set_policy) {
 		err = vma->vm_ops->set_policy(vma, new);
 		if (err)
@@ -725,17 +719,11 @@ static int vma_replace_policy(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	}
 
 	old = vma->vm_policy;
-	/*
-	 * The speculative page fault handler accesses this field without
-	 * hodling the mmap_sem.
-	 */
-	WRITE_ONCE(vma->vm_policy,  new);
-	vm_write_end(vma);
+	vma->vm_policy = new; /* protected by mmap_sem */
 	mpol_put(old);
 
 	return 0;
  err_out:
-	vm_write_end(vma);
 	mpol_put(new);
 	return err;
 }
@@ -1700,28 +1688,23 @@ COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE4(migrate_pages, compat_pid_t, pid,
 struct mempolicy *__get_vma_policy(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 						unsigned long addr)
 {
-	struct mempolicy *pol;
+	struct mempolicy *pol = NULL;
 
-	if (!vma)
-		return NULL;
+	if (vma) {
+		if (vma->vm_ops && vma->vm_ops->get_policy) {
+			pol = vma->vm_ops->get_policy(vma, addr);
+		} else if (vma->vm_policy) {
+			pol = vma->vm_policy;
 
-	if (vma->vm_ops && vma->vm_ops->get_policy)
-		return vma->vm_ops->get_policy(vma, addr);
-
-	/*
-	 * This could be called without holding the mmap_sem in the
-	 * speculative page fault handler's path.
-	 */
-	pol = READ_ONCE(vma->vm_policy);
-	if (pol) {
-		/*
-		 * shmem_alloc_page() passes MPOL_F_SHARED policy with
-		 * a pseudo vma whose vma->vm_ops=NULL. Take a reference
-		 * count on these policies which will be dropped by
-		 * mpol_cond_put() later
-		 */
-		if (mpol_needs_cond_ref(pol))
-			mpol_get(pol);
+			/*
+			 * shmem_alloc_page() passes MPOL_F_SHARED policy with
+			 * a pseudo vma whose vma->vm_ops=NULL. Take a reference
+			 * count on these policies which will be dropped by
+			 * mpol_cond_put() later
+			 */
+			if (mpol_needs_cond_ref(pol))
+				mpol_get(pol);
+		}
 	}
 
 	return pol;
diff --git a/mm/mlock.c b/mm/mlock.c
index 622c845a3ab8..ef2abafbc18f 100644
--- a/mm/mlock.c
+++ b/mm/mlock.c
@@ -445,9 +445,7 @@ static unsigned long __munlock_pagevec_fill(struct pagevec *pvec,
 void munlock_vma_pages_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 			     unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
 {
-	vm_write_begin(vma);
-	WRITE_ONCE(vma->vm_flags, vma->vm_flags & VM_LOCKED_CLEAR_MASK);
-	vm_write_end(vma);
+	vma->vm_flags &= VM_LOCKED_CLEAR_MASK;
 
 	while (start < end) {
 		struct page *page;
@@ -571,11 +569,10 @@ success:
 	 * It's okay if try_to_unmap_one unmaps a page just after we
 	 * set VM_LOCKED, populate_vma_page_range will bring it back.
 	 */
-	if (lock) {
-		vm_write_begin(vma);
-		WRITE_ONCE(vma->vm_flags, newflags);
-		vm_write_end(vma);
-	} else
+
+	if (lock)
+		vma->vm_flags = newflags;
+	else
 		munlock_vma_pages_range(vma, start, end);
 
 out:
diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index 531f27caec7b..c5c3f98d1e15 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -827,18 +827,17 @@ again:
 	}
 
 	if (start != vma->vm_start) {
-		WRITE_ONCE(vma->vm_start, start);
+		vma->vm_start = start;
 		start_changed = true;
 	}
 	if (end != vma->vm_end) {
-		WRITE_ONCE(vma->vm_end, end);
+		vma->vm_end = end;
 		end_changed = true;
 	}
-	WRITE_ONCE(vma->vm_pgoff, pgoff);
+	vma->vm_pgoff = pgoff;
 	if (adjust_next) {
-		WRITE_ONCE(next->vm_start,
-			   next->vm_start + (adjust_next << PAGE_SHIFT));
-		WRITE_ONCE(next->vm_pgoff, next->vm_pgoff + adjust_next);
+		next->vm_start += adjust_next << PAGE_SHIFT;
+		next->vm_pgoff += adjust_next;
 	}
 
 	if (root) {
@@ -1818,14 +1817,12 @@ unsigned long mmap_region(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,
 out:
 	perf_event_mmap(vma);
 
-	vm_write_begin(vma);
 	vm_stat_account(mm, vm_flags, len >> PAGE_SHIFT);
 	if (vm_flags & VM_LOCKED) {
 		if ((vm_flags & VM_SPECIAL) || vma_is_dax(vma) ||
 					is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma) ||
 					vma == get_gate_vma(current->mm))
-			WRITE_ONCE(vma->vm_flags,
-				   vma->vm_flags & VM_LOCKED_CLEAR_MASK);
+			vma->vm_flags &= VM_LOCKED_CLEAR_MASK;
 		else
 			mm->locked_vm += (len >> PAGE_SHIFT);
 	}
@@ -1840,10 +1837,9 @@ out:
 	 * then new mapped in-place (which must be aimed as
 	 * a completely new data area).
 	 */
-	WRITE_ONCE(vma->vm_flags, vma->vm_flags | VM_SOFTDIRTY);
+	vma->vm_flags |= VM_SOFTDIRTY;
 
 	vma_set_page_prot(vma);
-	vm_write_end(vma);
 
 	return addr;
 
@@ -2473,8 +2469,8 @@ int expand_downwards(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 					mm->locked_vm += grow;
 				vm_stat_account(mm, vma->vm_flags, grow);
 				anon_vma_interval_tree_pre_update_vma(vma);
-				WRITE_ONCE(vma->vm_start, address);
-				WRITE_ONCE(vma->vm_pgoff, vma->vm_pgoff - grow);
+				vma->vm_start = address;
+				vma->vm_pgoff -= grow;
 				anon_vma_interval_tree_post_update_vma(vma);
 				vma_gap_update(vma);
 				spin_unlock(&mm->page_table_lock);
diff --git a/mm/mprotect.c b/mm/mprotect.c
index 836a7586d4bf..5c175d46d4cb 100644
--- a/mm/mprotect.c
+++ b/mm/mprotect.c
@@ -458,14 +458,12 @@ success:
 	 * vm_flags and vm_page_prot are protected by the mmap_sem
 	 * held in write mode.
 	 */
-	vm_write_begin(vma);
-	WRITE_ONCE(vma->vm_flags, newflags);
+	vma->vm_flags = newflags;
 	dirty_accountable = vma_wants_writenotify(vma, vma->vm_page_prot);
 	vma_set_page_prot(vma);
 
 	change_protection(vma, start, end, vma->vm_page_prot,
 			  dirty_accountable, 0);
-	vm_write_end(vma);
 
 	/*
 	 * Private VM_LOCKED VMA becoming writable: trigger COW to avoid major
diff --git a/mm/swap_state.c b/mm/swap_state.c
index 565e3464a364..b99e8fd93cd3 100644
--- a/mm/swap_state.c
+++ b/mm/swap_state.c
@@ -565,10 +565,6 @@ static unsigned long swapin_nr_pages(unsigned long offset)
  * the readahead.
  *
  * Caller must hold down_read on the vma->vm_mm if vmf->vma is not NULL.
- * This is needed to ensure the VMA will not be freed in our back. In the case
- * of the speculative page fault handler, this cannot happen, even if we don't
- * hold the mmap_sem. Callees are assumed to take care of reading VMA's fields
- * using READ_ONCE() to read consistent values.
  */
 struct page *swap_cluster_readahead(swp_entry_t entry, gfp_t gfp_mask,
 				struct vm_fault *vmf)
@@ -662,9 +658,9 @@ static inline void swap_ra_clamp_pfn(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 				     unsigned long *start,
 				     unsigned long *end)
 {
-	*start = max3(lpfn, PFN_DOWN(READ_ONCE(vma->vm_start)),
+	*start = max3(lpfn, PFN_DOWN(vma->vm_start),
 		      PFN_DOWN(faddr & PMD_MASK));
-	*end = min3(rpfn, PFN_DOWN(READ_ONCE(vma->vm_end)),
+	*end = min3(rpfn, PFN_DOWN(vma->vm_end),
 		    PFN_DOWN((faddr & PMD_MASK) + PMD_SIZE));
 }