diff --git a/arch/arc/kernel/process.c b/arch/arc/kernel/process.c
index 98c00a2..f46efd1 100644
--- a/arch/arc/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/arc/kernel/process.c
@@ -155,8 +155,6 @@
  */
 void start_thread(struct pt_regs * regs, unsigned long pc, unsigned long usp)
 {
-	set_fs(USER_DS); /* user space */
-
 	regs->sp = usp;
 	regs->ret = pc;
 
diff --git a/arch/c6x/kernel/process.c b/arch/c6x/kernel/process.c
index 57d2ea8..3ae9f5a 100644
--- a/arch/c6x/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/c6x/kernel/process.c
@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@
 	 */
 	usp -= 8;
 
-	set_fs(USER_DS);
 	regs->pc  = pc;
 	regs->sp  = usp;
 	regs->tsr |= 0x40; /* set user mode */
diff --git a/arch/hexagon/kernel/process.c b/arch/hexagon/kernel/process.c
index 0a0dd5c..a9ebd47 100644
--- a/arch/hexagon/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/hexagon/kernel/process.c
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@
  */
 void start_thread(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long pc, unsigned long sp)
 {
-	/* Set to run with user-mode data segmentation */
-	set_fs(USER_DS);
 	/* We want to zero all data-containing registers. Is this overkill? */
 	memset(regs, 0, sizeof(*regs));
 	/* We might want to also zero all Processor registers here */
diff --git a/arch/metag/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/metag/include/asm/processor.h
index 13272fd..0838ca6 100644
--- a/arch/metag/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/metag/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -111,7 +111,6 @@
  */
 #define start_thread(regs, pc, usp) do {				   \
 	unsigned int *argc = (unsigned int *) bprm->exec;		   \
-	set_fs(USER_DS);						   \
 	current->thread.int_depth = 1;					   \
 	/* Force this process down to user land */			   \
 	regs->ctx.SaveMask = TBICTX_PRIV_BIT;				   \
diff --git a/arch/nios2/kernel/process.c b/arch/nios2/kernel/process.c
index 0e075b5..2f8c74f 100644
--- a/arch/nios2/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/nios2/kernel/process.c
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@
 
 void flush_thread(void)
 {
-	set_fs(USER_DS);
 }
 
 int copy_thread(unsigned long clone_flags,
diff --git a/arch/openrisc/kernel/process.c b/arch/openrisc/kernel/process.c
index 386af25..7095dfe 100644
--- a/arch/openrisc/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/openrisc/kernel/process.c
@@ -197,7 +197,6 @@
 {
 	unsigned long sr = mfspr(SPR_SR) & ~SPR_SR_SM;
 
-	set_fs(USER_DS);
 	memset(regs, 0, sizeof(struct pt_regs));
 
 	regs->pc = pc;