diff --git a/mm/hmm.c b/mm/hmm.c
index 39cf50de76d7..601a99ce3c84 100644
--- a/mm/hmm.c
+++ b/mm/hmm.c
@@ -362,7 +362,6 @@ static int hmm_vma_walk_pmd(pmd_t *pmdp,
 		 * values.
 		 */
 		pmd = pmdp_get_lockless(pmdp);
-		barrier();
 		if (!pmd_devmap(pmd) && !pmd_trans_huge(pmd))
 			goto again;
 
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 88ef873b2d83..4936a88bb26a 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -4041,9 +4041,6 @@ static void walk_pmd_range(pud_t *pud, unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
 	for (i = pmd_index(start), addr = start; addr != end; i++, addr = next) {
 		pmd_t val = pmdp_get_lockless(pmd + i);
 
-		/* for pmdp_get_lockless() */
-		barrier();
-
 		next = pmd_addr_end(addr, end);
 
 		if (!pmd_present(val) || is_huge_zero_pmd(val)) {