diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index b35a28d80ab..8f9381976c5 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -218,12 +218,6 @@ struct mem_cgroup {
 	 * per zone LRU lists.
 	 */
 	struct mem_cgroup_lru_info info;
-
-	/*
-	  protect against reclaim related member.
-	*/
-	spinlock_t reclaim_param_lock;
-
 	/*
 	 * While reclaiming in a hierarchy, we cache the last child we
 	 * reclaimed from.
@@ -1130,17 +1124,12 @@ static unsigned long long mem_cgroup_margin(struct mem_cgroup *mem)
 static unsigned int get_swappiness(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
 {
 	struct cgroup *cgrp = memcg->css.cgroup;
-	unsigned int swappiness;
 
 	/* root ? */
 	if (cgrp->parent == NULL)
 		return vm_swappiness;
 
-	spin_lock(&memcg->reclaim_param_lock);
-	swappiness = memcg->swappiness;
-	spin_unlock(&memcg->reclaim_param_lock);
-
-	return swappiness;
+	return memcg->swappiness;
 }
 
 static void mem_cgroup_start_move(struct mem_cgroup *mem)
@@ -1356,13 +1345,11 @@ mem_cgroup_select_victim(struct mem_cgroup *root_mem)
 
 		rcu_read_unlock();
 		/* Updates scanning parameter */
-		spin_lock(&root_mem->reclaim_param_lock);
 		if (!css) {
 			/* this means start scan from ID:1 */
 			root_mem->last_scanned_child = 0;
 		} else
 			root_mem->last_scanned_child = found;
-		spin_unlock(&root_mem->reclaim_param_lock);
 	}
 
 	return ret;
@@ -3868,9 +3855,7 @@ static int mem_cgroup_swappiness_write(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cftype *cft,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	spin_lock(&memcg->reclaim_param_lock);
 	memcg->swappiness = val;
-	spin_unlock(&memcg->reclaim_param_lock);
 
 	cgroup_unlock();
 
@@ -4526,7 +4511,6 @@ mem_cgroup_create(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cont)
 		res_counter_init(&mem->memsw, NULL);
 	}
 	mem->last_scanned_child = 0;
-	spin_lock_init(&mem->reclaim_param_lock);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&mem->oom_notify);
 
 	if (parent)