diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/papr_scm.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/papr_scm.c
index 0b4467e378e5..3cc66224ec1f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/papr_scm.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/papr_scm.c
@@ -285,25 +285,6 @@ int papr_scm_ndctl(struct nvdimm_bus_descriptor *nd_desc, struct nvdimm *nvdimm,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static inline int papr_scm_node(int node)
-{
-	int min_dist = INT_MAX, dist;
-	int nid, min_node;
-
-	if ((node == NUMA_NO_NODE) || node_online(node))
-		return node;
-
-	min_node = first_online_node;
-	for_each_online_node(nid) {
-		dist = node_distance(node, nid);
-		if (dist < min_dist) {
-			min_dist = dist;
-			min_node = nid;
-		}
-	}
-	return min_node;
-}
-
 static int papr_scm_nvdimm_init(struct papr_scm_priv *p)
 {
 	struct device *dev = &p->pdev->dev;
@@ -349,7 +330,7 @@ static int papr_scm_nvdimm_init(struct papr_scm_priv *p)
 
 	memset(&ndr_desc, 0, sizeof(ndr_desc));
 	target_nid = dev_to_node(&p->pdev->dev);
-	online_nid = papr_scm_node(target_nid);
+	online_nid = numa_map_to_online_node(target_nid);
 	ndr_desc.numa_node = online_nid;
 	ndr_desc.target_node = target_nid;
 	ndr_desc.res = &p->res;