diff --git a/include/linux/memblock.h b/include/linux/memblock.h
index 8be5077efb5fb246042d2f126348906b04e61c37..f92ea77836526666b1c410423a3c15a50e1eab85 100644
--- a/include/linux/memblock.h
+++ b/include/linux/memblock.h
@@ -187,7 +187,6 @@ int memblock_search_pfn_nid(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long *start_pfn,
 			    unsigned long  *end_pfn);
 void __next_mem_pfn_range(int *idx, int nid, unsigned long *out_start_pfn,
 			  unsigned long *out_end_pfn, int *out_nid);
-unsigned long memblock_next_valid_pfn(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long max_pfn);
 
 /**
  * for_each_mem_pfn_range - early memory pfn range iterator
diff --git a/mm/memblock.c b/mm/memblock.c
index b6ba6b7adadc0888d572a37e8b6043c92effdba8..48376bd3327423fcccc308a0a6655db399611510 100644
--- a/mm/memblock.c
+++ b/mm/memblock.c
@@ -1101,34 +1101,6 @@ void __init_memblock __next_mem_pfn_range(int *idx, int nid,
 		*out_nid = r->nid;
 }
 
-unsigned long __init_memblock memblock_next_valid_pfn(unsigned long pfn,
-						      unsigned long max_pfn)
-{
-	struct memblock_type *type = &memblock.memory;
-	unsigned int right = type->cnt;
-	unsigned int mid, left = 0;
-	phys_addr_t addr = PFN_PHYS(++pfn);
-
-	do {
-		mid = (right + left) / 2;
-
-		if (addr < type->regions[mid].base)
-			right = mid;
-		else if (addr >= (type->regions[mid].base +
-				  type->regions[mid].size))
-			left = mid + 1;
-		else {
-			/* addr is within the region, so pfn is valid */
-			return pfn;
-		}
-	} while (left < right);
-
-	if (right == type->cnt)
-		return -1UL;
-	else
-		return PHYS_PFN(type->regions[right].base);
-}
-
 /**
  * memblock_set_node - set node ID on memblock regions
  * @base: base of area to set node ID for
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 010dee0f089e0d7f2ff13c83b1fa6b4657ea0afd..1741dd23e7c1f7d4878cf38ff9ba021928f99267 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -5356,17 +5356,8 @@ void __meminit memmap_init_zone(unsigned long size, int nid, unsigned long zone,
 		if (context != MEMMAP_EARLY)
 			goto not_early;
 
-		if (!early_pfn_valid(pfn)) {
-#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_MEMBLOCK_NODE_MAP
-			/*
-			 * Skip to the pfn preceding the next valid one (or
-			 * end_pfn), such that we hit a valid pfn (or end_pfn)
-			 * on our next iteration of the loop.
-			 */
-			pfn = memblock_next_valid_pfn(pfn, end_pfn) - 1;
-#endif
+		if (!early_pfn_valid(pfn))
 			continue;
-		}
 		if (!early_pfn_in_nid(pfn, nid))
 			continue;
 		if (!update_defer_init(pgdat, pfn, end_pfn, &nr_initialised))