diff --git a/mm/madvise.c b/mm/madvise.c
index ce3a4222c7e7..c889fcbb530e 100644
--- a/mm/madvise.c
+++ b/mm/madvise.c
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ static long madvise_remove(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 
 	*prev = NULL;	/* tell sys_madvise we drop mmap_sem */
 
-	if (vma->vm_flags & (VM_LOCKED | VM_HUGETLB))
+	if (vma->vm_flags & VM_LOCKED)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	f = vma->vm_file;