diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 03c0c66f1a2b..bd489c1af228 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -4253,25 +4253,6 @@ void lru_gen_soft_reclaim(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, int nid)
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_MEMCG */
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_CMA
-/*
- * It is waste of effort to scan and reclaim CMA pages if it is not available
- * for current allocation context. Kswapd can not be enrolled as it can not
- * distinguish this scenario by using sc->gfp_mask = GFP_KERNEL
- */
-static bool skip_cma(struct folio *folio, struct scan_control *sc)
-{
-	return !current_is_kswapd() &&
-			gfp_migratetype(sc->gfp_mask) != MIGRATE_MOVABLE &&
-			folio_migratetype(folio) == MIGRATE_CMA;
-}
-#else
-static bool skip_cma(struct folio *folio, struct scan_control *sc)
-{
-	return false;
-}
-#endif
-
 /******************************************************************************
  *                          the eviction
  ******************************************************************************/
@@ -4319,7 +4300,7 @@ static bool sort_folio(struct lruvec *lruvec, struct folio *folio, struct scan_c
 	}
 
 	/* ineligible */
-	if (zone > sc->reclaim_idx || skip_cma(folio, sc)) {
+	if (zone > sc->reclaim_idx) {
 		gen = folio_inc_gen(lruvec, folio, false);
 		list_move_tail(&folio->lru, &lrugen->folios[gen][type][zone]);
 		return true;