diff --git a/arch/m68k/mm/fault.c b/arch/m68k/mm/fault.c
index 1493cf5eac1e..71aa9f6315dc 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/m68k/mm/fault.c
@@ -93,8 +93,6 @@ int do_page_fault(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long address,
 	vma = find_vma(mm, address);
 	if (!vma)
 		goto map_err;
-	if (vma->vm_flags & VM_IO)
-		goto acc_err;
 	if (vma->vm_start <= address)
 		goto good_area;
 	if (!(vma->vm_flags & VM_GROWSDOWN))