diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
index 3f0c895c71fe..d374b29296dd 100644
--- a/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -241,9 +241,6 @@ static unsigned long global_dirtyable_memory(void)
 	if (!vm_highmem_is_dirtyable)
 		x -= highmem_dirtyable_memory(x);
 
-	/* Subtract min_free_kbytes */
-	x -= min_t(unsigned long, x, min_free_kbytes >> (PAGE_SHIFT - 10));
-
 	return x + 1;	/* Ensure that we never return 0 */
 }