diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/sys_sparc.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/sys_sparc.c
index f188b5dc9fd00..e995491c44362 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/sys_sparc.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/sys_sparc.c
@@ -223,8 +223,7 @@ int sparc_mmap_check(unsigned long addr, unsigned long len, unsigned long flags)
 {
 	if (ARCH_SUN4C_SUN4 &&
 	    (len > 0x20000000 ||
-	     ((flags & MAP_FIXED) &&
-	      addr < 0xe0000000 && addr + len > 0x20000000)))
+	     (addr < 0xe0000000 && addr + len > 0x20000000)))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	/* See asm-sparc/uaccess.h */
diff --git a/arch/sparc64/kernel/sys_sparc.c b/arch/sparc64/kernel/sys_sparc.c
index 8d4761f15fa93..0dbc941f130e6 100644
--- a/arch/sparc64/kernel/sys_sparc.c
+++ b/arch/sparc64/kernel/sys_sparc.c
@@ -549,13 +549,13 @@ int sparc64_mmap_check(unsigned long addr, unsigned long len,
 		if (len >= STACK_TOP32)
 			return -EINVAL;
 
-		if ((flags & MAP_FIXED) && addr > STACK_TOP32 - len)
+		if (addr > STACK_TOP32 - len)
 			return -EINVAL;
 	} else {
 		if (len >= VA_EXCLUDE_START)
 			return -EINVAL;
 
-		if ((flags & MAP_FIXED) && invalid_64bit_range(addr, len))
+		if (invalid_64bit_range(addr, len))
 			return -EINVAL;
 	}