diff --git a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c b/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c
index 213dfc10b78354885c7283a0e2ee5ff39d4b4f5e..d87c7e98fb1117ee37a987df505f59eca80c2f00 100644
--- a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c
@@ -535,7 +535,6 @@ static int zram_bvec_rw(struct zram *zram, struct bio_vec *bvec, u32 index,
 
 	if (rw == READ) {
 		down_read(&zram->lock);
-		handle_pending_slot_free(zram);
 		ret = zram_bvec_read(zram, bvec, index, offset, bio);
 		up_read(&zram->lock);
 	} else {