diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index bfe260b0a91b..b25d8930e9af 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -3174,8 +3174,7 @@ static int get_swappiness(struct lruvec *lruvec, struct scan_control *sc)
 	struct mem_cgroup *memcg = lruvec_memcg(lruvec);
 	struct pglist_data *pgdat = lruvec_pgdat(lruvec);
 
-	if (!can_demote(pgdat->node_id, sc) &&
-	    mem_cgroup_get_nr_swap_pages(memcg) < MIN_LRU_BATCH)
+	if (!can_demote(pgdat->node_id, sc))
 		return 0;
 
 	return mem_cgroup_swappiness(memcg);