diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index d037c8bc15123cabf0d1c0c0043e028e59a64686..62496edbd8dd8f0a87a877c174bf0fe49ac54e56 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -371,8 +371,7 @@ static int destroy_compound_page(struct page *page, unsigned long order)
 	int nr_pages = 1 << order;
 	int bad = 0;
 
-	if (unlikely(compound_order(page) != order) ||
-	    unlikely(!PageHead(page))) {
+	if (unlikely(compound_order(page) != order)) {
 		bad_page(page);
 		bad++;
 	}