diff --git a/mm/madvise.c b/mm/madvise.c
index 13f5677b9322..fe5c2327e421 100644
--- a/mm/madvise.c
+++ b/mm/madvise.c
@@ -877,7 +877,6 @@ static long madvise_remove(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 static int madvise_inject_error(int behavior,
 		unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
 {
-	struct zone *zone;
 	unsigned long size;
 
 	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
@@ -922,10 +921,6 @@ static int madvise_inject_error(int behavior,
 			return ret;
 	}
 
-	/* Ensure that all poisoned pages are removed from per-cpu lists */
-	for_each_populated_zone(zone)
-		drain_all_pages(zone);
-
 	return 0;
 }
 #endif