diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_vm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_vm.c
index 1d4f7c9fe661..67969e25d60f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_vm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_vm.c
@@ -617,7 +617,6 @@ int drm_mmap_locked(struct file *filp, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 	case _DRM_FRAME_BUFFER:
 	case _DRM_REGISTERS:
 		offset = drm_core_get_reg_ofs(dev);
-		vma->vm_flags |= VM_IO;	/* not in core dump */
 		vma->vm_page_prot = drm_io_prot(map->type, vma);
 		if (io_remap_pfn_range(vma, vma->vm_start,
 				       (map->offset + offset) >> PAGE_SHIFT,