diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 83c92b866afe..ce2ee8331414 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -2757,8 +2757,6 @@ static unsigned long do_try_to_free_pages(struct zonelist *zonelist,
 					  struct scan_control *sc)
 {
 	int initial_priority = sc->priority;
-	unsigned long total_scanned = 0;
-	unsigned long writeback_threshold;
 retry:
 	delayacct_freepages_start();
 
@@ -2771,7 +2769,6 @@ retry:
 		sc->nr_scanned = 0;
 		shrink_zones(zonelist, sc);
 
-		total_scanned += sc->nr_scanned;
 		if (sc->nr_reclaimed >= sc->nr_to_reclaim)
 			break;
 
@@ -2784,20 +2781,6 @@ retry:
 		 */
 		if (sc->priority < DEF_PRIORITY - 2)
 			sc->may_writepage = 1;
-
-		/*
-		 * Try to write back as many pages as we just scanned.  This
-		 * tends to cause slow streaming writers to write data to the
-		 * disk smoothly, at the dirtying rate, which is nice.   But
-		 * that's undesirable in laptop mode, where we *want* lumpy
-		 * writeout.  So in laptop mode, write out the whole world.
-		 */
-		writeback_threshold = sc->nr_to_reclaim + sc->nr_to_reclaim / 2;
-		if (total_scanned > writeback_threshold) {
-			wakeup_flusher_threads(laptop_mode ? 0 : total_scanned,
-						WB_REASON_VMSCAN);
-			sc->may_writepage = 1;
-		}
 	} while (--sc->priority >= 0);
 
 	delayacct_freepages_end();