diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_misc.c b/fs/proc/proc_misc.c
index b37ce33f67eaf1c24b96bac8a2147e4ac94c2a08..1d5b4fb2c725b95ea07e2dec0bf92ba0a06883e2 100644
--- a/fs/proc/proc_misc.c
+++ b/fs/proc/proc_misc.c
@@ -121,16 +121,11 @@ static int meminfo_read_proc(char *page, char **start, off_t off,
 {
 	struct sysinfo i;
 	int len;
-	unsigned long inactive;
-	unsigned long active;
-	unsigned long free;
 	unsigned long committed;
 	unsigned long allowed;
 	struct vmalloc_info vmi;
 	long cached;
 
-	get_zone_counts(&active, &inactive, &free);
-
 /*
  * display in kilobytes.
  */
@@ -187,8 +182,8 @@ static int meminfo_read_proc(char *page, char **start, off_t off,
 		K(i.bufferram),
 		K(cached),
 		K(total_swapcache_pages),
-		K(active),
-		K(inactive),
+		K(global_page_state(NR_ACTIVE)),
+		K(global_page_state(NR_INACTIVE)),
 #ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM
 		K(i.totalhigh),
 		K(i.freehigh),
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index cf1a34074f086a0cfbede5acbac2a94ec228ac9c..940444c99703bbe12362008fce8b18832505db1c 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -1524,9 +1524,6 @@ void si_meminfo_node(struct sysinfo *val, int nid)
 void show_free_areas(void)
 {
 	int cpu;
-	unsigned long active;
-	unsigned long inactive;
-	unsigned long free;
 	struct zone *zone;
 
 	for_each_zone(zone) {
@@ -1550,12 +1547,10 @@ void show_free_areas(void)
 		}
 	}
 
-	get_zone_counts(&active, &inactive, &free);
-
 	printk("Active:%lu inactive:%lu dirty:%lu writeback:%lu unstable:%lu\n"
 		" free:%lu slab:%lu mapped:%lu pagetables:%lu bounce:%lu\n",
-		active,
-		inactive,
+		global_page_state(NR_ACTIVE),
+		global_page_state(NR_INACTIVE),
 		global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY),
 		global_page_state(NR_WRITEBACK),
 		global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS),
diff --git a/mm/vmstat.c b/mm/vmstat.c
index 21ba6f88b35ccd5138be52f14507c67791a70d88..5ffa8c27ead81ea6837675c5b0d70e9405dbc329 100644
--- a/mm/vmstat.c
+++ b/mm/vmstat.c
@@ -13,14 +13,6 @@
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/cpu.h>
 
-void get_zone_counts(unsigned long *active,
-		unsigned long *inactive, unsigned long *free)
-{
-	*active = global_page_state(NR_ACTIVE);
-	*inactive = global_page_state(NR_INACTIVE);
-	*free = global_page_state(NR_FREE_PAGES);
-}
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_VM_EVENT_COUNTERS
 DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct vm_event_state, vm_event_states) = {{0}};
 EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL(vm_event_states);