diff --git a/security/apparmor/lib.c b/security/apparmor/lib.c
index fcfe0233574cb2f32197dcbe84d5170da663d779..69689922c491b8a4eeda5d96115df4a49e6a844f 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/lib.c
+++ b/security/apparmor/lib.c
@@ -97,11 +97,6 @@ void *__aa_kvmalloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags)
 	if (size <= (16*PAGE_SIZE))
 		buffer = kmalloc(size, flags | GFP_NOIO | __GFP_NOWARN);
 	if (!buffer) {
-		/* see kvfree for why size must be at least work_struct size
-		 * when allocated via vmalloc
-		 */
-		if (size < sizeof(struct work_struct))
-			size = sizeof(struct work_struct);
 		if (flags & __GFP_ZERO)
 			buffer = vzalloc(size);
 		else