diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index 5be57ba01d33..d08ff1504e64 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -142,17 +142,6 @@ static void page_cache_delete(struct address_space *mapping,
 
 	page->mapping = NULL;
 	/* Leave page->index set: truncation lookup relies upon it */
-
-	if (shadow) {
-		mapping->nrexceptional += nr;
-		/*
-		 * Make sure the nrexceptional update is committed before
-		 * the nrpages update so that final truncate racing
-		 * with reclaim does not see both counters 0 at the
-		 * same time and miss a shadow entry.
-		 */
-		smp_wmb();
-	}
 	mapping->nrpages -= nr;
 }
 
@@ -925,8 +914,6 @@ noinline int __add_to_page_cache_locked(struct page *page,
 		if (xas_error(&xas))
 			goto unlock;
 
-		if (old)
-			mapping->nrexceptional--;
 		mapping->nrpages++;
 
 		/* hugetlb pages do not participate in page cache accounting */
diff --git a/mm/swap_state.c b/mm/swap_state.c
index fb7efa08fe57..3a1259c13f3b 100644
--- a/mm/swap_state.c
+++ b/mm/swap_state.c
@@ -132,7 +132,6 @@ int add_to_swap_cache(struct page *page, swp_entry_t entry,
 			xas_store(&xas, page);
 			xas_next(&xas);
 		}
-		address_space->nrexceptional -= nr_shadows;
 		address_space->nrpages += nr;
 		__mod_node_page_state(page_pgdat(page), NR_FILE_PAGES, nr);
 		__mod_lruvec_page_state(page, NR_SWAPCACHE, nr);
@@ -172,8 +171,6 @@ void __delete_from_swap_cache(struct page *page,
 		xas_next(&xas);
 	}
 	ClearPageSwapCache(page);
-	if (shadow)
-		address_space->nrexceptional += nr;
 	address_space->nrpages -= nr;
 	__mod_node_page_state(page_pgdat(page), NR_FILE_PAGES, -nr);
 	__mod_lruvec_page_state(page, NR_SWAPCACHE, -nr);
@@ -275,7 +272,6 @@ void clear_shadow_from_swap_cache(int type, unsigned long begin,
 			xas_store(&xas, NULL);
 			nr_shadows++;
 		}
-		address_space->nrexceptional -= nr_shadows;
 		xa_unlock_irq(&address_space->i_pages);
 
 		/* search the next swapcache until we meet end */
diff --git a/mm/truncate.c b/mm/truncate.c
index adb8d4107988..95af244b112a 100644
--- a/mm/truncate.c
+++ b/mm/truncate.c
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ static inline void __clear_shadow_entry(struct address_space *mapping,
 	if (xas_load(&xas) != entry)
 		return;
 	xas_store(&xas, NULL);
-	mapping->nrexceptional--;
 }
 
 static void clear_shadow_entry(struct address_space *mapping, pgoff_t index,
diff --git a/mm/workingset.c b/mm/workingset.c
index cd39902c1062..b7cdeca5a76d 100644
--- a/mm/workingset.c
+++ b/mm/workingset.c
@@ -554,7 +554,6 @@ static enum lru_status shadow_lru_isolate(struct list_head *item,
 		goto out_invalid;
 	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(node->count != node->nr_values))
 		goto out_invalid;
-	mapping->nrexceptional -= node->nr_values;
 	xa_delete_node(node, workingset_update_node);
 	__inc_lruvec_kmem_state(node, WORKINGSET_NODERECLAIM);