diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 33072d6c1b5a901bac5266e606b4030bf39aef47..d9b09eb767bba38bff0bc5a2242e0d303c6bd0dd 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -4330,12 +4330,6 @@ sub process {
 			     "$1 uses number as first arg, sizeof is generally wrong\n" . $herecurr);
 		}
 
-# check for GFP_NOWAIT use
-		if ($line =~ /\b__GFP_NOFAIL\b/) {
-			WARN("__GFP_NOFAIL",
-			     "Use of __GFP_NOFAIL is deprecated, no new users should be added\n" . $herecurr);
-		}
-
 # check for multiple semicolons
 		if ($line =~ /;\s*;\s*$/) {
 			if (WARN("ONE_SEMICOLON",