diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index 3a7587a0314d..7d52cd4b504d 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -2175,10 +2175,7 @@ static struct inode *shmem_get_inode(struct super_block *sb, const struct inode
 
 bool shmem_mapping(struct address_space *mapping)
 {
-	if (!mapping->host)
-		return false;
-
-	return mapping->host->i_sb->s_op == &shmem_ops;
+	return mapping->a_ops == &shmem_aops;
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_TMPFS