diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index 6df182a18d2c..fb357f02046a 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -1378,7 +1378,6 @@ struct page *follow_trans_huge_pmd(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 			goto skip_mlock;
 		if (!trylock_page(page))
 			goto skip_mlock;
-		lru_add_drain();
 		if (page->mapping && !PageDoubleMap(page))
 			mlock_vma_page(page);
 		unlock_page(page);
@@ -2582,7 +2581,6 @@ int split_huge_page_to_list(struct page *page, struct list_head *list)
 	struct anon_vma *anon_vma = NULL;
 	struct address_space *mapping = NULL;
 	int count, mapcount, extra_pins, ret;
-	bool mlocked;
 	unsigned long flags;
 	pgoff_t end;
 
@@ -2641,14 +2639,9 @@ int split_huge_page_to_list(struct page *page, struct list_head *list)
 		goto out_unlock;
 	}
 
-	mlocked = PageMlocked(head);
 	unmap_page(head);
 	VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(compound_mapcount(head), head);
 
-	/* Make sure the page is not on per-CPU pagevec as it takes pin */
-	if (mlocked)
-		lru_add_drain();
-
 	/* prevent PageLRU to go away from under us, and freeze lru stats */
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&pgdata->lru_lock, flags);