diff --git a/include/linux/huge_mm.h b/include/linux/huge_mm.h
index e3896ebf0f94..ffca706bac81 100644
--- a/include/linux/huge_mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/huge_mm.h
@@ -433,11 +433,6 @@ static inline bool is_huge_zero_pmd(pmd_t pmd)
 	return pmd_present(pmd) && READ_ONCE(huge_zero_pfn) == pmd_pfn(pmd);
 }
 
-static inline bool is_huge_zero_pud(pud_t pud)
-{
-	return false;
-}
-
 struct folio *mm_get_huge_zero_folio(struct mm_struct *mm);
 void mm_put_huge_zero_folio(struct mm_struct *mm);
 
@@ -578,11 +573,6 @@ static inline bool is_huge_zero_pmd(pmd_t pmd)
 	return false;
 }
 
-static inline bool is_huge_zero_pud(pud_t pud)
-{
-	return false;
-}
-
 static inline void mm_put_huge_zero_folio(struct mm_struct *mm)
 {
 	return;
diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index cc2872f12030..a4a14b81e013 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -1453,10 +1453,8 @@ static void insert_pfn_pud(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
 	ptl = pud_lock(mm, pud);
 	if (!pud_none(*pud)) {
 		if (write) {
-			if (pud_pfn(*pud) != pfn_t_to_pfn(pfn)) {
-				WARN_ON_ONCE(!is_huge_zero_pud(*pud));
+			if (WARN_ON_ONCE(pud_pfn(*pud) != pfn_t_to_pfn(pfn)))
 				goto out_unlock;
-			}
 			entry = pud_mkyoung(*pud);
 			entry = maybe_pud_mkwrite(pud_mkdirty(entry), vma);
 			if (pudp_set_access_flags(vma, addr, pud, entry, 1))
@@ -1704,15 +1702,6 @@ int copy_huge_pud(struct mm_struct *dst_mm, struct mm_struct *src_mm,
 	if (unlikely(!pud_trans_huge(pud) && !pud_devmap(pud)))
 		goto out_unlock;
 
-	/*
-	 * When page table lock is held, the huge zero pud should not be
-	 * under splitting since we don't split the page itself, only pud to
-	 * a page table.
-	 */
-	if (is_huge_zero_pud(pud)) {
-		/* No huge zero pud yet */
-	}
-
 	/*
 	 * TODO: once we support anonymous pages, use
 	 * folio_try_dup_anon_rmap_*() and split if duplicating fails.