diff --git a/sound/core/pcm_memory.c b/sound/core/pcm_memory.c
index 22055bb2eba2..d360655e5deb 100644
--- a/sound/core/pcm_memory.c
+++ b/sound/core/pcm_memory.c
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 #include <linux/moduleparam.h>
 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
 #include <linux/export.h>
-#include <linux/dma-mapping.h>
 #include <sound/core.h>
 #include <sound/pcm.h>
 #include <sound/info.h>
@@ -66,19 +65,6 @@ static int do_alloc_pages(struct snd_card *card, int type, struct device *dev,
 	__update_allocated_size(card, size);
 	mutex_unlock(&card->memory_mutex);
 
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_SND_DMA_SGBUF
-	if ((type == SNDRV_DMA_TYPE_DEV_SG || type == SNDRV_DMA_TYPE_DEV_UC_SG) &&
-	    !dma_is_direct(get_dma_ops(dev))) {
-		/* mutate to continuous page allocation */
-		dev_dbg(dev, "Use continuous page allocator\n");
-		if (type == SNDRV_DMA_TYPE_DEV_SG)
-			type = SNDRV_DMA_TYPE_DEV;
-		else
-			type = SNDRV_DMA_TYPE_DEV_UC;
-	}
-#endif /* CONFIG_SND_DMA_SGBUF */
-
 	err = snd_dma_alloc_pages(type, dev, size, dmab);
 	if (!err) {
 		/* the actual allocation size might be bigger than requested,