diff --git a/mm/vmstat.c b/mm/vmstat.c
index 68b3193e4493..5f658b6a684f 100644
--- a/mm/vmstat.c
+++ b/mm/vmstat.c
@@ -1351,8 +1351,6 @@ static bool is_zone_first_populated(pg_data_t *pgdat, struct zone *zone)
 			return zone == compare;
 	}
 
-	/* The zone must be somewhere! */
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
 	return false;
 }