diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 6d74b12099bdee287edb85640ad013a886402f1f..403f59edd53e9d58a59783be96d6c42627ca46a2 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -1807,7 +1807,7 @@ shrink_inactive_list(unsigned long nr_to_scan, struct lruvec *lruvec,
 		 * that pages are cycling through the LRU faster than
 		 * they are written so also forcibly stall.
 		 */
-		if (stat.nr_immediate && current_may_throttle())
+		if (stat.nr_immediate)
 			congestion_wait(BLK_RW_ASYNC, HZ/10);
 	}