diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index f000771558d8..464406e8da91 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -1512,10 +1512,6 @@ static int kernel_migrate_pages(pid_t pid, unsigned long maxnode,
 	if (nodes_empty(*new))
 		goto out_put;
 
-	nodes_and(*new, *new, node_states[N_MEMORY]);
-	if (nodes_empty(*new))
-		goto out_put;
-
 	err = security_task_movememory(task);
 	if (err)
 		goto out_put;