diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 635d7dd29d7f..010dee0f089e 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -3596,7 +3596,7 @@ static bool __need_fs_reclaim(gfp_t gfp_mask)
 		return false;
 
 	/* this guy won't enter reclaim */
-	if ((current->flags & PF_MEMALLOC) && !(gfp_mask & __GFP_NOMEMALLOC))
+	if (current->flags & PF_MEMALLOC)
 		return false;
 
 	/* We're only interested __GFP_FS allocations for now */