diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index 258fef94a3e9..7e07188e8269 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -127,8 +127,7 @@ struct shmem_options {
 #define SHMEM_SEEN_INODES 2
 #define SHMEM_SEEN_HUGE 4
 #define SHMEM_SEEN_INUMS 8
-#define SHMEM_SEEN_NOSWAP 16
-#define SHMEM_SEEN_QUOTA 32
+#define SHMEM_SEEN_QUOTA 16
 };
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
@@ -4330,7 +4329,6 @@ static int shmem_parse_one(struct fs_context *fc, struct fs_parameter *param)
 				       "Turning off swap in unprivileged tmpfs mounts unsupported");
 		}
 		ctx->noswap = true;
-		ctx->seen |= SHMEM_SEEN_NOSWAP;
 		break;
 	case Opt_quota:
 		if (fc->user_ns != &init_user_ns)
@@ -4480,14 +4478,15 @@ static int shmem_reconfigure(struct fs_context *fc)
 		err = "Current inum too high to switch to 32-bit inums";
 		goto out;
 	}
-	if ((ctx->seen & SHMEM_SEEN_NOSWAP) && ctx->noswap && !sbinfo->noswap) {
+
+	/*
+	 * "noswap" doesn't use fsparam_flag_no, i.e. there's no "swap"
+	 * counterpart for (re-)enabling swap.
+	 */
+	if (ctx->noswap && !sbinfo->noswap) {
 		err = "Cannot disable swap on remount";
 		goto out;
 	}
-	if (!(ctx->seen & SHMEM_SEEN_NOSWAP) && !ctx->noswap && sbinfo->noswap) {
-		err = "Cannot enable swap on remount if it was disabled on first mount";
-		goto out;
-	}
 
 	if (ctx->seen & SHMEM_SEEN_QUOTA &&
 	    !sb_any_quota_loaded(fc->root->d_sb)) {