diff --git a/mm/mlock.c b/mm/mlock.c
index fb6912f3efe670..a23a533e946245 100644
--- a/mm/mlock.c
+++ b/mm/mlock.c
@@ -646,11 +646,10 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(mlock, unsigned long, start, size_t, len)
 
 SYSCALL_DEFINE3(mlock2, unsigned long, start, size_t, len, int, flags)
 {
-	vm_flags_t vm_flags = VM_LOCKED;
 	if (flags)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	return do_mlock(start, len, vm_flags);
+	return do_mlock(start, len, VM_LOCKED);
 }
 
 SYSCALL_DEFINE2(munlock, unsigned long, start, size_t, len)