diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index c8b1592dff73..eb97aed2fbe7 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -802,7 +802,6 @@ static int vma_replace_policy(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 static int mbind_range(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long start,
 		       unsigned long end, struct mempolicy *new_pol)
 {
-	struct vm_area_struct *next;
 	struct vm_area_struct *prev;
 	struct vm_area_struct *vma;
 	int err = 0;
@@ -817,8 +816,7 @@ static int mbind_range(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long start,
 	if (start > vma->vm_start)
 		prev = vma;
 
-	for (; vma && vma->vm_start < end; prev = vma, vma = next) {
-		next = vma->vm_next;
+	for (; vma && vma->vm_start < end; prev = vma, vma = vma->vm_next) {
 		vmstart = max(start, vma->vm_start);
 		vmend   = min(end, vma->vm_end);
 
@@ -832,10 +830,6 @@ static int mbind_range(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long start,
 				 new_pol, vma->vm_userfaultfd_ctx);
 		if (prev) {
 			vma = prev;
-			next = vma->vm_next;
-			if (mpol_equal(vma_policy(vma), new_pol))
-				continue;
-			/* vma_merge() joined vma && vma->next, case 8 */
 			goto replace;
 		}
 		if (vma->vm_start != vmstart) {