diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index c45606bd84341099d43260a8296383b299a8589a..9df016296347242a63e9010d048e923f77c0b880 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -1093,7 +1093,6 @@ static int shmem_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = d_inode(dentry);
 	struct shmem_inode_info *info = SHMEM_I(inode);
-	struct shmem_sb_info *sbinfo = SHMEM_SB(inode->i_sb);
 	int error;
 
 	error = setattr_prepare(dentry, attr);
@@ -1129,24 +1128,6 @@ static int shmem_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr)
 			if (oldsize > holebegin)
 				unmap_mapping_range(inode->i_mapping,
 							holebegin, 0, 1);
-
-			/*
-			 * Part of the huge page can be beyond i_size: subject
-			 * to shrink under memory pressure.
-			 */
-			if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE)) {
-				spin_lock(&sbinfo->shrinklist_lock);
-				/*
-				 * _careful to defend against unlocked access to
-				 * ->shrink_list in shmem_unused_huge_shrink()
-				 */
-				if (list_empty_careful(&info->shrinklist)) {
-					list_add_tail(&info->shrinklist,
-							&sbinfo->shrinklist);
-					sbinfo->shrinklist_len++;
-				}
-				spin_unlock(&sbinfo->shrinklist_lock);
-			}
 		}
 	}