diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/radix_tlb.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/radix_tlb.c
index 4e29b619578c1..ac427fed681c9 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/radix_tlb.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/radix_tlb.c
@@ -1302,7 +1302,7 @@ void radix__tlb_flush(struct mmu_gather *tlb)
 	 * that flushes the process table entry cache upon process teardown.
 	 * See the comment for radix in arch_exit_mmap().
 	 */
-	if (tlb->fullmm || tlb->need_flush_all) {
+	if (tlb->fullmm) {
 		__flush_all_mm(mm, true);
 	} else if ( (psize = radix_get_mmu_psize(page_size)) == -1) {
 		if (!tlb->freed_tables)