diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 94d7372..252a63f 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -2226,13 +2226,6 @@ static bool inactive_list_is_low(struct lruvec *lruvec, bool file,
 	unsigned long refaults;
 	unsigned long gb;
 
-	/*
-	 * If we don't have swap space, anonymous page deactivation
-	 * is pointless.
-	 */
-	if (!file && !total_swap_pages)
-		return false;
-
 	inactive = lruvec_lru_size(lruvec, inactive_lru, sc->reclaim_idx);
 	active = lruvec_lru_size(lruvec, active_lru, sc->reclaim_idx);
 
@@ -2653,7 +2646,7 @@ static void shrink_node_memcg(struct pglist_data *pgdat, struct mem_cgroup *memc
 	 * Even if we did not try to evict anon pages at all, we want to
 	 * rebalance the anon lru active/inactive ratio.
 	 */
-	if (inactive_list_is_low(lruvec, false, sc, true))
+	if (total_swap_pages && inactive_list_is_low(lruvec, false, sc, true))
 		shrink_active_list(SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX, lruvec,
 				   sc, LRU_ACTIVE_ANON);
 }