diff --git a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
index cdfb1ae78a3f..49d2e686be74 100644
--- a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
@@ -1446,8 +1446,8 @@ static int get_hstate_idx(int page_size_log)
  * otherwise hugetlb_reserve_pages reserves one less hugepages than intended.
  */
 struct file *hugetlb_file_setup(const char *name, size_t size,
-				vm_flags_t acctflag, struct ucounts **ucounts,
-				int creat_flags, int page_size_log)
+				vm_flags_t acctflag, int creat_flags,
+				int page_size_log)
 {
 	struct inode *inode;
 	struct vfsmount *mnt;
@@ -1458,22 +1458,19 @@ struct file *hugetlb_file_setup(const char *name, size_t size,
 	if (hstate_idx < 0)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
 
-	*ucounts = NULL;
 	mnt = hugetlbfs_vfsmount[hstate_idx];
 	if (!mnt)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
 
 	if (creat_flags == HUGETLB_SHMFS_INODE && !can_do_hugetlb_shm()) {
-		*ucounts = current_ucounts();
-		if (user_shm_lock(size, *ucounts)) {
-			task_lock(current);
-			pr_warn_once("%s (%d): Using mlock ulimits for SHM_HUGETLB is deprecated\n",
+		struct ucounts *ucounts = current_ucounts();
+
+		if (user_shm_lock(size, ucounts)) {
+			pr_warn_once("%s (%d): Using mlock ulimits for SHM_HUGETLB is obsolete\n",
 				current->comm, current->pid);
-			task_unlock(current);
-		} else {
-			*ucounts = NULL;
-			return ERR_PTR(-EPERM);
+			user_shm_unlock(size, ucounts);
 		}
+		return ERR_PTR(-EPERM);
 	}
 
 	file = ERR_PTR(-ENOSPC);
@@ -1498,10 +1495,6 @@ struct file *hugetlb_file_setup(const char *name, size_t size,
 
 	iput(inode);
 out:
-	if (*ucounts) {
-		user_shm_unlock(size, *ucounts);
-		*ucounts = NULL;
-	}
 	return file;
 }
 
diff --git a/include/linux/hugetlb.h b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
index 44c2ab0dfa59..00351ccb49a3 100644
--- a/include/linux/hugetlb.h
+++ b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
@@ -477,8 +477,7 @@ static inline struct hugetlbfs_inode_info *HUGETLBFS_I(struct inode *inode)
 extern const struct file_operations hugetlbfs_file_operations;
 extern const struct vm_operations_struct hugetlb_vm_ops;
 struct file *hugetlb_file_setup(const char *name, size_t size, vm_flags_t acct,
-				struct ucounts **ucounts, int creat_flags,
-				int page_size_log);
+				int creat_flags, int page_size_log);
 
 static inline bool is_file_hugepages(struct file *file)
 {
@@ -497,8 +496,7 @@ static inline struct hstate *hstate_inode(struct inode *i)
 #define is_file_hugepages(file)			false
 static inline struct file *
 hugetlb_file_setup(const char *name, size_t size, vm_flags_t acctflag,
-		struct ucounts **ucounts, int creat_flags,
-		int page_size_log)
+		int creat_flags, int page_size_log)
 {
 	return ERR_PTR(-ENOSYS);
 }
diff --git a/ipc/shm.c b/ipc/shm.c
index ab749be6d8b7..4942bdd65748 100644
--- a/ipc/shm.c
+++ b/ipc/shm.c
@@ -287,9 +287,6 @@ static void shm_destroy(struct ipc_namespace *ns, struct shmid_kernel *shp)
 	shm_unlock(shp);
 	if (!is_file_hugepages(shm_file))
 		shmem_lock(shm_file, 0, shp->mlock_ucounts);
-	else if (shp->mlock_ucounts)
-		user_shm_unlock(i_size_read(file_inode(shm_file)),
-				shp->mlock_ucounts);
 	fput(shm_file);
 	ipc_update_pid(&shp->shm_cprid, NULL);
 	ipc_update_pid(&shp->shm_lprid, NULL);
@@ -650,8 +647,7 @@ static int newseg(struct ipc_namespace *ns, struct ipc_params *params)
 		if (shmflg & SHM_NORESERVE)
 			acctflag = VM_NORESERVE;
 		file = hugetlb_file_setup(name, hugesize, acctflag,
-				  &shp->mlock_ucounts, HUGETLB_SHMFS_INODE,
-				(shmflg >> SHM_HUGE_SHIFT) & SHM_HUGE_MASK);
+				HUGETLB_SHMFS_INODE, (shmflg >> SHM_HUGE_SHIFT) & SHM_HUGE_MASK);
 	} else {
 		/*
 		 * Do not allow no accounting for OVERCOMMIT_NEVER, even
@@ -698,8 +694,6 @@ static int newseg(struct ipc_namespace *ns, struct ipc_params *params)
 no_id:
 	ipc_update_pid(&shp->shm_cprid, NULL);
 	ipc_update_pid(&shp->shm_lprid, NULL);
-	if (is_file_hugepages(file) && shp->mlock_ucounts)
-		user_shm_unlock(size, shp->mlock_ucounts);
 	fput(file);
 	ipc_rcu_putref(&shp->shm_perm, shm_rcu_free);
 	return error;
diff --git a/mm/memfd.c b/mm/memfd.c
index 081dd33e6a61..9f80f162791a 100644
--- a/mm/memfd.c
+++ b/mm/memfd.c
@@ -297,9 +297,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(memfd_create,
 	}
 
 	if (flags & MFD_HUGETLB) {
-		struct ucounts *ucounts = NULL;
-
-		file = hugetlb_file_setup(name, 0, VM_NORESERVE, &ucounts,
+		file = hugetlb_file_setup(name, 0, VM_NORESERVE,
 					HUGETLB_ANONHUGE_INODE,
 					(flags >> MFD_HUGE_SHIFT) &
 					MFD_HUGE_MASK);
diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index b22a07f5e761..bfb0ea164a90 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -1599,7 +1599,6 @@ unsigned long ksys_mmap_pgoff(unsigned long addr, unsigned long len,
 			goto out_fput;
 		}
 	} else if (flags & MAP_HUGETLB) {
-		struct ucounts *ucounts = NULL;
 		struct hstate *hs;
 
 		hs = hstate_sizelog((flags >> MAP_HUGE_SHIFT) & MAP_HUGE_MASK);
@@ -1615,7 +1614,7 @@ unsigned long ksys_mmap_pgoff(unsigned long addr, unsigned long len,
 		 */
 		file = hugetlb_file_setup(HUGETLB_ANON_FILE, len,
 				VM_NORESERVE,
-				&ucounts, HUGETLB_ANONHUGE_INODE,
+				HUGETLB_ANONHUGE_INODE,
 				(flags >> MAP_HUGE_SHIFT) & MAP_HUGE_MASK);
 		if (IS_ERR(file))
 			return PTR_ERR(file);