diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 5ee0af463f2e..5cf7726764cc 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -1872,11 +1872,7 @@ enum mem_cgroup_filter_t
 mem_cgroup_soft_reclaim_eligible(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
 		struct mem_cgroup *root)
 {
-	struct mem_cgroup *parent;
-
-	if (!memcg)
-		memcg = root_mem_cgroup;
-	parent = memcg;
+	struct mem_cgroup *parent = memcg;
 
 	if (res_counter_soft_limit_excess(&memcg->res))
 		return VISIT;
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 97b0ed16749f..cdd300b81485 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -142,9 +142,7 @@ static bool global_reclaim(struct scan_control *sc)
 
 static bool mem_cgroup_should_soft_reclaim(struct scan_control *sc)
 {
-	struct mem_cgroup *root = sc->target_mem_cgroup;
-	return !mem_cgroup_disabled() &&
-		mem_cgroup_soft_reclaim_eligible(root, root) != SKIP_TREE;
+	return !mem_cgroup_disabled();
 }
 #else
 static bool global_reclaim(struct scan_control *sc)