diff --git a/include/linux/swap.h b/include/linux/swap.h
index 7bd5b4aac049e70f8c4d9aa79a0865de1c759f2a..667935c0dbd4c509261784b822dd3d7347f78d87 100644
--- a/include/linux/swap.h
+++ b/include/linux/swap.h
@@ -340,7 +340,6 @@ extern void lru_note_cost_page(struct page *);
 extern void lru_cache_add(struct page *);
 extern void lru_add_page_tail(struct page *page, struct page *page_tail,
 			 struct lruvec *lruvec, struct list_head *head);
-extern void activate_page(struct page *);
 extern void mark_page_accessed(struct page *);
 extern void lru_add_drain(void);
 extern void lru_add_drain_cpu(int cpu);
diff --git a/mm/swap.c b/mm/swap.c
index 65ef7e3525bfa096594a47d69091e7cbe8ccfdc7..82ddefda49043ee6a6a243041521be23b9077a7f 100644
--- a/mm/swap.c
+++ b/mm/swap.c
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ static bool need_activate_page_drain(int cpu)
 	return pagevec_count(&per_cpu(lru_pvecs.activate_page, cpu)) != 0;
 }
 
-void activate_page(struct page *page)
+static void activate_page(struct page *page)
 {
 	page = compound_head(page);
 	if (PageLRU(page) && !PageActive(page) && !PageUnevictable(page)) {
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ static inline void activate_page_drain(int cpu)
 {
 }
 
-void activate_page(struct page *page)
+static void activate_page(struct page *page)
 {
 	pg_data_t *pgdat = page_pgdat(page);
 
diff --git a/mm/swapfile.c b/mm/swapfile.c
index 183b87bc87ccbc5dc717b3ec2449ebd82dc01bf6..d5c19d0baf0630663490df2ea3c49e38761669d0 100644
--- a/mm/swapfile.c
+++ b/mm/swapfile.c
@@ -1929,11 +1929,6 @@ static int unuse_pte(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pmd_t *pmd,
 		lru_cache_add_inactive_or_unevictable(page, vma);
 	}
 	swap_free(entry);
-	/*
-	 * Move the page to the active list so it is not
-	 * immediately swapped out again after swapon.
-	 */
-	activate_page(page);
 out:
 	pte_unmap_unlock(pte, ptl);
 	if (page != swapcache) {