diff --git a/mm/gup.c b/mm/gup.c
index b64a36175884..7bf19ffa2199 100644
--- a/mm/gup.c
+++ b/mm/gup.c
@@ -430,10 +430,8 @@ static int check_vma_flags(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long gup_flags)
 			 * Anon pages in shared mappings are surprising: now
 			 * just reject it.
 			 */
-			if (!is_cow_mapping(vm_flags)) {
-				WARN_ON_ONCE(vm_flags & VM_MAYWRITE);
+			if (!is_cow_mapping(vm_flags))
 				return -EFAULT;
-			}
 		}
 	} else if (!(vm_flags & VM_READ)) {
 		if (!(gup_flags & FOLL_FORCE))
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 93ce37989471..635451abc8f7 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -2237,11 +2237,6 @@ static int wp_page_shared(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 
 	page_cache_get(old_page);
 
-	/*
-	 * Only catch write-faults on shared writable pages,
-	 * read-only shared pages can get COWed by
-	 * get_user_pages(.write=1, .force=1).
-	 */
 	if (vma->vm_ops && vma->vm_ops->page_mkwrite) {
 		int tmp;