diff -urN linux/drivers/block/loop.c~ linux/drivers/block/loop.c
--- linux/drivers/block/loop.c~	Mon Nov  5 07:29:16 2001
+++ linux/drivers/block/loop.c	Tue Nov  6 22:14:24 2001
@@ -207,7 +207,6 @@
		index++;
		pos += size;
		UnlockPage(page);
-		deactivate_page(page);
		page_cache_release(page);
	}
	return 0;
@@ -218,7 +217,6 @@
	kunmap(page);
unlock:
	UnlockPage(page);
-	deactivate_page(page);
	page_cache_release(page);
fail:
	return -1;