diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
index 91e52df3d81d19ec7a22bba96fee3ea2d12b4002..885a2dd2ab80d4e77835a04b90d472390cc09d51 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
@@ -831,8 +831,6 @@ void start_thread(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long start, unsigned long sp)
 	unsigned long load_addr = regs->gpr[2];	/* saved by ELF_PLAT_INIT */
 #endif
 
-	set_fs(USER_DS);
-
 	/*
 	 * If we exec out of a kernel thread then thread.regs will not be
 	 * set.  Do it now.