1 files changed, 0 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/splice.c b/fs/splice.c
index fed5134f761c..78b3d12046e7 100644
--- a/fs/splice.c
+++ b/fs/splice.c
@@ -1303,11 +1303,9 @@ long do_splice_direct(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos, struct file *out,
         };
         long ret;
 
-        file_start_write(out);
         ret = splice_direct_to_actor(in, &sd, direct_splice_actor);
         if (ret > 0)
                 *ppos = sd.pos;
-        file_end_write(out);
 
         return ret;
 }