diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index 659c6f0d146e777e6278a04941aa48d81a67ae6a..c99a5843429a7cc7ff4db81d7df5f54a1dd936ee 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -2701,8 +2701,6 @@ int mpol_misplaced(struct page *page, struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long
 		break;
 
 	case MPOL_PREFERRED:
-		if (node_isset(curnid, pol->v.nodes))
-			goto out;
 		polnid = pol->v.preferred_node;
 		break;