diff --git a/include/linux/cpuset.h b/include/linux/cpuset.h
index 2f073db7392e..1b357997cac5 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpuset.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpuset.h
@@ -48,29 +48,16 @@ extern nodemask_t cpuset_mems_allowed(struct task_struct *p);
 void cpuset_init_current_mems_allowed(void);
 int cpuset_nodemask_valid_mems_allowed(nodemask_t *nodemask);
 
-extern int __cpuset_node_allowed_softwall(int node, gfp_t gfp_mask);
-extern int __cpuset_node_allowed_hardwall(int node, gfp_t gfp_mask);
+extern int __cpuset_node_allowed(int node, gfp_t gfp_mask);
 
-static inline int cpuset_node_allowed_softwall(int node, gfp_t gfp_mask)
+static inline int cpuset_node_allowed(int node, gfp_t gfp_mask)
 {
-	return nr_cpusets() <= 1 ||
-		__cpuset_node_allowed_softwall(node, gfp_mask);
+	return nr_cpusets() <= 1 || __cpuset_node_allowed(node, gfp_mask);
 }
 
-static inline int cpuset_node_allowed_hardwall(int node, gfp_t gfp_mask)
+static inline int cpuset_zone_allowed(struct zone *z, gfp_t gfp_mask)
 {
-	return nr_cpusets() <= 1 ||
-		__cpuset_node_allowed_hardwall(node, gfp_mask);
-}
-
-static inline int cpuset_zone_allowed_softwall(struct zone *z, gfp_t gfp_mask)
-{
-	return cpuset_node_allowed_softwall(zone_to_nid(z), gfp_mask);
-}
-
-static inline int cpuset_zone_allowed_hardwall(struct zone *z, gfp_t gfp_mask)
-{
-	return cpuset_node_allowed_hardwall(zone_to_nid(z), gfp_mask);
+	return cpuset_node_allowed(zone_to_nid(z), gfp_mask);
 }
 
 extern int cpuset_mems_allowed_intersects(const struct task_struct *tsk1,
@@ -179,22 +166,12 @@ static inline int cpuset_nodemask_valid_mems_allowed(nodemask_t *nodemask)
 	return 1;
 }
 
-static inline int cpuset_node_allowed_softwall(int node, gfp_t gfp_mask)
+static inline int cpuset_node_allowed(int node, gfp_t gfp_mask)
 {
 	return 1;
 }
 
-static inline int cpuset_node_allowed_hardwall(int node, gfp_t gfp_mask)
-{
-	return 1;
-}
-
-static inline int cpuset_zone_allowed_softwall(struct zone *z, gfp_t gfp_mask)
-{
-	return 1;
-}
-
-static inline int cpuset_zone_allowed_hardwall(struct zone *z, gfp_t gfp_mask)
+static inline int cpuset_zone_allowed(struct zone *z, gfp_t gfp_mask)
 {
 	return 1;
 }
diff --git a/kernel/cpuset.c b/kernel/cpuset.c
index f21ba868f0d1..38f7433c1cd2 100644
--- a/kernel/cpuset.c
+++ b/kernel/cpuset.c
@@ -2453,7 +2453,7 @@ static struct cpuset *nearest_hardwall_ancestor(struct cpuset *cs)
 }
 
 /**
- * cpuset_node_allowed_softwall - Can we allocate on a memory node?
+ * cpuset_node_allowed - Can we allocate on a memory node?
  * @node: is this an allowed node?
  * @gfp_mask: memory allocation flags
  *
@@ -2465,13 +2465,6 @@ static struct cpuset *nearest_hardwall_ancestor(struct cpuset *cs)
  * flag, yes.
  * Otherwise, no.
  *
- * If __GFP_HARDWALL is set, cpuset_node_allowed_softwall() reduces to
- * cpuset_node_allowed_hardwall().  Otherwise, cpuset_node_allowed_softwall()
- * might sleep, and might allow a node from an enclosing cpuset.
- *
- * cpuset_node_allowed_hardwall() only handles the simpler case of hardwall
- * cpusets, and never sleeps.
- *
  * The __GFP_THISNODE placement logic is really handled elsewhere,
  * by forcibly using a zonelist starting at a specified node, and by
  * (in get_page_from_freelist()) refusing to consider the zones for
@@ -2506,13 +2499,8 @@ static struct cpuset *nearest_hardwall_ancestor(struct cpuset *cs)
  *	TIF_MEMDIE   - any node ok
  *	GFP_KERNEL   - any node in enclosing hardwalled cpuset ok
  *	GFP_USER     - only nodes in current tasks mems allowed ok.
- *
- * Rule:
- *    Don't call cpuset_node_allowed_softwall if you can't sleep, unless you
- *    pass in the __GFP_HARDWALL flag set in gfp_flag, which disables
- *    the code that might scan up ancestor cpusets and sleep.
  */
-int __cpuset_node_allowed_softwall(int node, gfp_t gfp_mask)
+int __cpuset_node_allowed(int node, gfp_t gfp_mask)
 {
 	struct cpuset *cs;		/* current cpuset ancestors */
 	int allowed;			/* is allocation in zone z allowed? */
@@ -2520,7 +2508,6 @@ int __cpuset_node_allowed_softwall(int node, gfp_t gfp_mask)
 
 	if (in_interrupt() || (gfp_mask & __GFP_THISNODE))
 		return 1;
-	might_sleep_if(!(gfp_mask & __GFP_HARDWALL));
 	if (node_isset(node, current->mems_allowed))
 		return 1;
 	/*
@@ -2547,44 +2534,6 @@ int __cpuset_node_allowed_softwall(int node, gfp_t gfp_mask)
 	return allowed;
 }
 
-/*
- * cpuset_node_allowed_hardwall - Can we allocate on a memory node?
- * @node: is this an allowed node?
- * @gfp_mask: memory allocation flags
- *
- * If we're in interrupt, yes, we can always allocate.  If __GFP_THISNODE is
- * set, yes, we can always allocate.  If node is in our task's mems_allowed,
- * yes.  If the task has been OOM killed and has access to memory reserves as
- * specified by the TIF_MEMDIE flag, yes.
- * Otherwise, no.
- *
- * The __GFP_THISNODE placement logic is really handled elsewhere,
- * by forcibly using a zonelist starting at a specified node, and by
- * (in get_page_from_freelist()) refusing to consider the zones for
- * any node on the zonelist except the first.  By the time any such
- * calls get to this routine, we should just shut up and say 'yes'.
- *
- * Unlike the cpuset_node_allowed_softwall() variant, above,
- * this variant requires that the node be in the current task's
- * mems_allowed or that we're in interrupt.  It does not scan up the
- * cpuset hierarchy for the nearest enclosing mem_exclusive cpuset.
- * It never sleeps.
- */
-int __cpuset_node_allowed_hardwall(int node, gfp_t gfp_mask)
-{
-	if (in_interrupt() || (gfp_mask & __GFP_THISNODE))
-		return 1;
-	if (node_isset(node, current->mems_allowed))
-		return 1;
-	/*
-	 * Allow tasks that have access to memory reserves because they have
-	 * been OOM killed to get memory anywhere.
-	 */
-	if (unlikely(test_thread_flag(TIF_MEMDIE)))
-		return 1;
-	return 0;
-}
-
 /**
  * cpuset_mem_spread_node() - On which node to begin search for a file page
  * cpuset_slab_spread_node() - On which node to begin search for a slab page
diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 9fd722769927..82da930fa3f8 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ retry_cpuset:
 
 	for_each_zone_zonelist_nodemask(zone, z, zonelist,
 						MAX_NR_ZONES - 1, nodemask) {
-		if (cpuset_zone_allowed_softwall(zone, htlb_alloc_mask(h))) {
+		if (cpuset_zone_allowed(zone, htlb_alloc_mask(h))) {
 			page = dequeue_huge_page_node(h, zone_to_nid(zone));
 			if (page) {
 				if (avoid_reserve)
diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c
index 5340f6b91312..3348280eef89 100644
--- a/mm/oom_kill.c
+++ b/mm/oom_kill.c
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ static enum oom_constraint constrained_alloc(struct zonelist *zonelist,
 	/* Check this allocation failure is caused by cpuset's wall function */
 	for_each_zone_zonelist_nodemask(zone, z, zonelist,
 			high_zoneidx, nodemask)
-		if (!cpuset_zone_allowed_softwall(zone, gfp_mask))
+		if (!cpuset_zone_allowed(zone, gfp_mask))
 			cpuset_limited = true;
 
 	if (cpuset_limited) {
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 9cd36b822444..ab07b496672f 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -1962,7 +1962,7 @@ zonelist_scan:
 
 	/*
 	 * Scan zonelist, looking for a zone with enough free.
-	 * See also __cpuset_node_allowed_softwall() comment in kernel/cpuset.c.
+	 * See also __cpuset_node_allowed() comment in kernel/cpuset.c.
 	 */
 	for_each_zone_zonelist_nodemask(zone, z, zonelist,
 						high_zoneidx, nodemask) {
@@ -1973,7 +1973,7 @@ zonelist_scan:
 				continue;
 		if (cpusets_enabled() &&
 			(alloc_flags & ALLOC_CPUSET) &&
-			!cpuset_zone_allowed_softwall(zone, gfp_mask))
+			!cpuset_zone_allowed(zone, gfp_mask))
 				continue;
 		/*
 		 * Distribute pages in proportion to the individual
@@ -2514,7 +2514,7 @@ gfp_to_alloc_flags(gfp_t gfp_mask)
 			alloc_flags |= ALLOC_HARDER;
 		/*
 		 * Ignore cpuset mems for GFP_ATOMIC rather than fail, see the
-		 * comment for __cpuset_node_allowed_softwall().
+		 * comment for __cpuset_node_allowed().
 		 */
 		alloc_flags &= ~ALLOC_CPUSET;
 	} else if (unlikely(rt_task(current)) && !in_interrupt())
diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
index eb2b2ea30130..063a91bc8826 100644
--- a/mm/slab.c
+++ b/mm/slab.c
@@ -3012,7 +3012,7 @@ retry:
 	for_each_zone_zonelist(zone, z, zonelist, high_zoneidx) {
 		nid = zone_to_nid(zone);
 
-		if (cpuset_zone_allowed_hardwall(zone, flags) &&
+		if (cpuset_zone_allowed(zone, flags | __GFP_HARDWALL) &&
 			get_node(cache, nid) &&
 			get_node(cache, nid)->free_objects) {
 				obj = ____cache_alloc_node(cache,
diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index ae7b9f1ad394..7d12f51d9bac 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -1662,7 +1662,8 @@ static void *get_any_partial(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t flags,
 
 			n = get_node(s, zone_to_nid(zone));
 
-			if (n && cpuset_zone_allowed_hardwall(zone, flags) &&
+			if (n && cpuset_zone_allowed(zone,
+						     flags | __GFP_HARDWALL) &&
 					n->nr_partial > s->min_partial) {
 				object = get_partial_node(s, n, c, flags);
 				if (object) {
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index dcb47074ae03..38878b2ab1d0 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -2405,7 +2405,8 @@ static bool shrink_zones(struct zonelist *zonelist, struct scan_control *sc)
 		 * to global LRU.
 		 */
 		if (global_reclaim(sc)) {
-			if (!cpuset_zone_allowed_hardwall(zone, GFP_KERNEL))
+			if (!cpuset_zone_allowed(zone,
+						 GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_HARDWALL))
 				continue;
 
 			lru_pages += zone_reclaimable_pages(zone);
@@ -3388,7 +3389,7 @@ void wakeup_kswapd(struct zone *zone, int order, enum zone_type classzone_idx)
 	if (!populated_zone(zone))
 		return;
 
-	if (!cpuset_zone_allowed_hardwall(zone, GFP_KERNEL))
+	if (!cpuset_zone_allowed(zone, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_HARDWALL))
 		return;
 	pgdat = zone->zone_pgdat;
 	if (pgdat->kswapd_max_order < order) {