diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 887edcd93a40..76bca20679d9 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -528,13 +528,8 @@ static bool can_demote(int nid, struct scan_control *sc)
 {
 	if (!numa_demotion_enabled)
 		return false;
-	if (sc) {
-		if (sc->no_demotion)
-			return false;
-		/* It is pointless to do demotion in memcg reclaim */
-		if (cgroup_reclaim(sc))
-			return false;
-	}
+	if (sc && sc->no_demotion)
+		return false;
 	if (next_demotion_node(nid) == NUMA_NO_NODE)
 		return false;