diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 505d59f7d4fa..279852eae9db 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -1429,15 +1429,6 @@ static bool bulkfree_pcp_prepare(struct page *page)
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_DEBUG_VM */
 
-static inline void prefetch_buddy(struct page *page, unsigned int order)
-{
-	unsigned long pfn = page_to_pfn(page);
-	unsigned long buddy_pfn = __find_buddy_pfn(pfn, order);
-	struct page *buddy = page + (buddy_pfn - pfn);
-
-	prefetch(buddy);
-}
-
 /*
  * Frees a number of pages from the PCP lists
  * Assumes all pages on list are in same zone.
@@ -1450,7 +1441,6 @@ static void free_pcppages_bulk(struct zone *zone, int count,
 	int min_pindex = 0;
 	int max_pindex = NR_PCP_LISTS - 1;
 	unsigned int order;
-	int prefetch_nr = READ_ONCE(pcp->batch);
 	bool isolated_pageblocks;
 	struct page *page;
 
@@ -1505,20 +1495,6 @@ static void free_pcppages_bulk(struct zone *zone, int count,
 			if (bulkfree_pcp_prepare(page))
 				continue;
 
-			/*
-			 * We are going to put the page back to the global
-			 * pool, prefetch its buddy to speed up later access
-			 * under zone->lock. It is believed the overhead of
-			 * an additional test and calculating buddy_pfn here
-			 * can be offset by reduced memory latency later. To
-			 * avoid excessive prefetching due to large count, only
-			 * prefetch buddy for the first pcp->batch nr of pages.
-			 */
-			if (prefetch_nr) {
-				prefetch_buddy(page, order);
-				prefetch_nr--;
-			}
-
 			/* MIGRATE_ISOLATE page should not go to pcplists */
 			VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(is_migrate_isolate(mt), page);
 			/* Pageblock could have been isolated meanwhile */