diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index a4c9cd80c7b6..fd75e27c9b40 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -3109,8 +3109,6 @@ retry:
 		 * the allocation is high priority and these type of
 		 * allocations are system rather than user orientated
 		 */
-		ac->zonelist = node_zonelist(numa_node_id(), gfp_mask);
-
 		page = __alloc_pages_high_priority(gfp_mask, order, ac);
 
 		if (page) {