diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/process.c b/arch/arm/kernel/process.c
index 6ce87a902cc0..b9103af8e9b5 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/process.c
@@ -399,30 +399,6 @@ unsigned long arch_randomize_brk(struct mm_struct *mm)
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MMU
-/*
- * CONFIG_SPLIT_PTLOCK_CPUS results in a page->ptl lock.  If the lock is not
- * initialized by pgtable_page_ctor() then a coredump of the vector page will
- * fail.
- */
-static int __init vectors_user_mapping_init_page(void)
-{
-	struct page *page;
-	unsigned long addr = 0xffff0000;
-	pgd_t *pgd;
-	pud_t *pud;
-	pmd_t *pmd;
-
-	pgd = pgd_offset_k(addr);
-	pud = pud_offset(pgd, addr);
-	pmd = pmd_offset(pud, addr);
-	page = pmd_page(*(pmd));
-
-	pgtable_page_ctor(page);
-
-	return 0;
-}
-late_initcall(vectors_user_mapping_init_page);
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_KUSER_HELPERS
 /*
  * The vectors page is always readable from user space for the