diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/numa.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/numa.h
index e3bae2b60a0d..ef2844d69173 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/numa.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/numa.h
@@ -12,13 +12,6 @@
 
 #define NR_NODE_MEMBLKS		(MAX_NUMNODES*2)
 
-/*
- * Too small node sizes may confuse the VM badly. Usually they
- * result from BIOS bugs. So dont recognize nodes as standalone
- * NUMA entities that have less than this amount of RAM listed:
- */
-#define NODE_MIN_SIZE (4*1024*1024)
-
 extern int numa_off;
 
 /*
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/numa.c b/arch/x86/mm/numa.c
index c01c5506fd4a..aa39d678fe81 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/numa.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/numa.c
@@ -602,13 +602,6 @@ static int __init numa_register_memblks(struct numa_meminfo *mi)
 		if (start >= end)
 			continue;
 
-		/*
-		 * Don't confuse VM with a node that doesn't have the
-		 * minimum amount of memory:
-		 */
-		if (end && (end - start) < NODE_MIN_SIZE)
-			continue;
-
 		alloc_node_data(nid);
 	}