diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c
index 832fb330376e..4db425eedbe8 100644
--- a/mm/oom_kill.c
+++ b/mm/oom_kill.c
@@ -93,9 +93,6 @@ static bool oom_cpuset_eligible(struct task_struct *start,
 	bool ret = false;
 	const nodemask_t *mask = oc->nodemask;
 
-	if (is_memcg_oom(oc))
-		return true;
-
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	for_each_thread(start, tsk) {
 		if (mask) {