diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index 320c97244e163b9d1ddee80d5e2362f6228867cc..2827e2b670e02d646d73fc43dc5c303dbf000702 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -991,8 +991,6 @@ int add_to_page_cache(struct page *page,
 {
 	int error;
 
-	if (vm_cache_limit_mbytes && page_cache_over_limit())
-		shrink_page_cache(gfp_mask);
 	__SetPageLocked(page);
 	error = add_to_page_cache_locked(page, mapping, offset, gfp_mask);
 	if (unlikely(error))