diff -ruN linux-2.4.14-orig/drivers/block/loop.c linux-2.4.14/drivers/block/loop.c
--- linux-2.4.14-orig/drivers/block/loop.c	Thu Oct 25 16:58:34 2001
+++ linux-2.4.14/drivers/block/loop.c	Thu Nov  8 21:03:31 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;