diff --git a/fs/nfsd/filecache.c b/fs/nfsd/filecache.c
index 24e8f1fbcebb..2bb8465474dc 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/filecache.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/filecache.c
@@ -764,7 +764,7 @@ nfsd_file_cache_init(void)
 	}
 
 	nfsd_file_fsnotify_group = fsnotify_alloc_group(&nfsd_file_fsnotify_ops,
-							FSNOTIFY_GROUP_NOFS);
+							0);
 	if (IS_ERR(nfsd_file_fsnotify_group)) {
 		pr_err("nfsd: unable to create fsnotify group: %ld\n",
 			PTR_ERR(nfsd_file_fsnotify_group));
diff --git a/fs/notify/dnotify/dnotify.c b/fs/notify/dnotify/dnotify.c
index 46440fbb8662..d5dbef7f5c95 100644
--- a/fs/notify/dnotify/dnotify.c
+++ b/fs/notify/dnotify/dnotify.c
@@ -406,8 +406,7 @@ static int __init dnotify_init(void)
 					  SLAB_PANIC|SLAB_ACCOUNT);
 	dnotify_mark_cache = KMEM_CACHE(dnotify_mark, SLAB_PANIC|SLAB_ACCOUNT);
 
-	dnotify_group = fsnotify_alloc_group(&dnotify_fsnotify_ops,
-					     FSNOTIFY_GROUP_NOFS);
+	dnotify_group = fsnotify_alloc_group(&dnotify_fsnotify_ops, 0);
 	if (IS_ERR(dnotify_group))
 		panic("unable to allocate fsnotify group for dnotify\n");
 	dnotify_sysctl_init();
diff --git a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
index 13454e5fd3fb..9644bc72e457 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
+++ b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
@@ -1480,7 +1480,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(fanotify_init, unsigned int, flags, unsigned int, event_f_flags)
 
 	/* fsnotify_alloc_group takes a ref.  Dropped in fanotify_release */
 	group = fsnotify_alloc_group(&fanotify_fsnotify_ops,
-				     FSNOTIFY_GROUP_USER | FSNOTIFY_GROUP_NOFS);
+				     FSNOTIFY_GROUP_USER);
 	if (IS_ERR(group)) {
 		return PTR_ERR(group);
 	}
diff --git a/fs/notify/group.c b/fs/notify/group.c
index 1de6631a3925..18446b7b0d49 100644
--- a/fs/notify/group.c
+++ b/fs/notify/group.c
@@ -115,7 +115,6 @@ static struct fsnotify_group *__fsnotify_alloc_group(
 				const struct fsnotify_ops *ops,
 				int flags, gfp_t gfp)
 {
-	static struct lock_class_key nofs_marks_lock;
 	struct fsnotify_group *group;
 
 	group = kzalloc(sizeof(struct fsnotify_group), gfp);
@@ -136,16 +135,6 @@ static struct fsnotify_group *__fsnotify_alloc_group(
 
 	group->ops = ops;
 	group->flags = flags;
-	/*
-	 * For most backends, eviction of inode with a mark is not expected,
-	 * because marks hold a refcount on the inode against eviction.
-	 *
-	 * Use a different lockdep class for groups that support evictable
-	 * inode marks, because with evictable marks, mark_mutex is NOT
-	 * fs-reclaim safe - the mutex is taken when evicting inodes.
-	 */
-	if (flags & FSNOTIFY_GROUP_NOFS)
-		lockdep_set_class(&group->mark_mutex, &nofs_marks_lock);
 
 	return group;
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h b/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
index 8be029bc50b1..3ecf7768e577 100644
--- a/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
+++ b/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
@@ -217,7 +217,6 @@ struct fsnotify_group {
 
 #define FSNOTIFY_GROUP_USER	0x01 /* user allocated group */
 #define FSNOTIFY_GROUP_DUPS	0x02 /* allow multiple marks per object */
-#define FSNOTIFY_GROUP_NOFS	0x04 /* group lock is not direct reclaim safe */
 	int flags;
 	unsigned int owner_flags;	/* stored flags of mark_mutex owner */
 
@@ -268,22 +267,19 @@ struct fsnotify_group {
 static inline void fsnotify_group_lock(struct fsnotify_group *group)
 {
 	mutex_lock(&group->mark_mutex);
-	if (group->flags & FSNOTIFY_GROUP_NOFS)
-		group->owner_flags = memalloc_nofs_save();
+	group->owner_flags = memalloc_nofs_save();
 }
 
 static inline void fsnotify_group_unlock(struct fsnotify_group *group)
 {
-	if (group->flags & FSNOTIFY_GROUP_NOFS)
-		memalloc_nofs_restore(group->owner_flags);
+	memalloc_nofs_restore(group->owner_flags);
 	mutex_unlock(&group->mark_mutex);
 }
 
 static inline void fsnotify_group_assert_locked(struct fsnotify_group *group)
 {
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(!mutex_is_locked(&group->mark_mutex));
-	if (group->flags & FSNOTIFY_GROUP_NOFS)
-		WARN_ON_ONCE(!(current->flags & PF_MEMALLOC_NOFS));
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(!(current->flags & PF_MEMALLOC_NOFS));
 }
 
 /* When calling fsnotify tell it if the data is a path or inode */