diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index dd984470248fe..5dcc71140108c 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -3468,8 +3468,7 @@ static int kswapd(void *p)
 		 * new request of a similar or harder type will succeed soon
 		 * so consider going to sleep on the basis we reclaimed at
 		 */
-		if (balanced_classzone_idx >= new_classzone_idx &&
-					balanced_order == new_order) {
+		if (balanced_order == new_order) {
 			new_order = pgdat->kswapd_max_order;
 			new_classzone_idx = pgdat->classzone_idx;
 			pgdat->kswapd_max_order =  0;