diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
index 5e34922124a3..106602e5a70e 100644
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -763,10 +763,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(restore_online_page_callback);
 
 void __online_page_set_limits(struct page *page)
 {
-	unsigned long pfn = page_to_pfn(page);
-
-	if (pfn >= num_physpages)
-		num_physpages = pfn + 1;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__online_page_set_limits);