diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
index 3b60cd8456db4dd36ae3bf1a9f0430433cdf6b17..bff571dc7bc3b083c1d12178596f45e1cba81781 100644
--- a/fs/buffer.c
+++ b/fs/buffer.c
@@ -252,27 +252,6 @@ __find_get_block_slow(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t block)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-/*
- * Kick the writeback threads then try to free up some ZONE_NORMAL memory.
- */
-static void free_more_memory(void)
-{
-	struct zoneref *z;
-	int nid;
-
-	wakeup_flusher_threads(1024, WB_REASON_FREE_MORE_MEM);
-	yield();
-
-	for_each_online_node(nid) {
-
-		z = first_zones_zonelist(node_zonelist(nid, GFP_NOFS),
-						gfp_zone(GFP_NOFS), NULL);
-		if (z->zone)
-			try_to_free_pages(node_zonelist(nid, GFP_NOFS), 0,
-						GFP_NOFS, NULL);
-	}
-}
-
 /*
  * I/O completion handler for block_read_full_page() - pages
  * which come unlocked at the end of I/O.
@@ -1086,8 +1065,6 @@ __getblk_slow(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t block,
 		ret = grow_buffers(bdev, block, size, gfp);
 		if (ret < 0)
 			return NULL;
-		if (ret == 0)
-			free_more_memory();
 	}
 }