diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
index f73276d746bb..763de99508de 100644
--- a/fs/buffer.c
+++ b/fs/buffer.c
@@ -967,7 +967,7 @@ grow_dev_page(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t block,
 	struct page *page;
 	struct buffer_head *bh;
 	sector_t end_block;
-	int ret = 0;		/* Will call free_more_memory() */
+	int ret = 0;
 	gfp_t gfp_mask;
 
 	gfp_mask = mapping_gfp_constraint(inode->i_mapping, ~__GFP_FS) | gfp;
diff --git a/include/linux/backing-dev-defs.h b/include/linux/backing-dev-defs.h
index 4fc87dee005a..ee577a83cfe6 100644
--- a/include/linux/backing-dev-defs.h
+++ b/include/linux/backing-dev-defs.h
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ enum wb_reason {
 	WB_REASON_SYNC,
 	WB_REASON_PERIODIC,
 	WB_REASON_LAPTOP_TIMER,
-	WB_REASON_FREE_MORE_MEM,
 	WB_REASON_FS_FREE_SPACE,
 	/*
 	 * There is no bdi forker thread any more and works are done
diff --git a/include/trace/events/writeback.h b/include/trace/events/writeback.h
index d94def25e4dc..85a33bea76f1 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/writeback.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/writeback.h
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
 	EM( WB_REASON_SYNC,			"sync")			\
 	EM( WB_REASON_PERIODIC,			"periodic")		\
 	EM( WB_REASON_LAPTOP_TIMER,		"laptop_timer")		\
-	EM( WB_REASON_FREE_MORE_MEM,		"free_more_memory")	\
 	EM( WB_REASON_FS_FREE_SPACE,		"fs_free_space")	\
 	EMe(WB_REASON_FORKER_THREAD,		"forker_thread")