diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
index 9ceb841af819..3929bb0a7501 100644
--- a/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -714,7 +714,6 @@ static int __bdi_set_min_ratio(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, unsigned int min_ra
 
 	if (min_ratio > 100 * BDI_RATIO_SCALE)
 		return -EINVAL;
-	min_ratio *= BDI_RATIO_SCALE;
 
 	spin_lock_bh(&bdi_lock);
 	if (min_ratio > bdi->max_ratio) {