diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 2074f424dabf..6be91a1a00d9 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -3862,8 +3862,6 @@ __alloc_pages_slowpath(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order,
 	enum compact_result compact_result;
 	int compaction_retries;
 	int no_progress_loops;
-	unsigned long alloc_start = jiffies;
-	unsigned int stall_timeout = 10 * HZ;
 	unsigned int cpuset_mems_cookie;
 	int reserve_flags;
 
@@ -3983,14 +3981,6 @@ retry:
 	if (!can_direct_reclaim)
 		goto nopage;
 
-	/* Make sure we know about allocations which stall for too long */
-	if (time_after(jiffies, alloc_start + stall_timeout)) {
-		warn_alloc(gfp_mask & ~__GFP_NOWARN, ac->nodemask,
-			"page allocation stalls for %ums, order:%u",
-			jiffies_to_msecs(jiffies-alloc_start), order);
-		stall_timeout += 10 * HZ;
-	}
-
 	/* Avoid recursion of direct reclaim */
 	if (current->flags & PF_MEMALLOC)
 		goto nopage;