diff --git a/sys/fs/tmpfs/tmpfs_vnops.c b/sys/fs/tmpfs/tmpfs_vnops.c
index c28397e4b2e2..61dd148c7305 100644
--- a/sys/fs/tmpfs/tmpfs_vnops.c
+++ b/sys/fs/tmpfs/tmpfs_vnops.c
@@ -1435,8 +1435,6 @@ tmpfs_reclaim(struct vop_reclaim_args *v)
 	if (vp->v_type == VREG)
 		tmpfs_destroy_vobject(vp, node->tn_reg.tn_aobj);
 	vp->v_object = NULL;
-	if (tmpfs_use_nc(vp))
-		cache_purge(vp);
 
 	TMPFS_NODE_LOCK(node);
 	tmpfs_free_vp(vp);