diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 33ad13d69bda..f5ad1a680494 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -5020,18 +5020,8 @@ struct mem_cgroup *mem_cgroup_from_id(unsigned short id)
 static int alloc_mem_cgroup_per_node_info(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, int node)
 {
 	struct mem_cgroup_per_node *pn;
-	int tmp = node;
-	/*
-	 * This routine is called against possible nodes.
-	 * But it's BUG to call kmalloc() against offline node.
-	 *
-	 * TODO: this routine can waste much memory for nodes which will
-	 *       never be onlined. It's better to use memory hotplug callback
-	 *       function.
-	 */
-	if (!node_state(node, N_NORMAL_MEMORY))
-		tmp = -1;
-	pn = kzalloc_node(sizeof(*pn), GFP_KERNEL, tmp);
+
+	pn = kzalloc_node(sizeof(*pn), GFP_KERNEL, node);
 	if (!pn)
 		return 1;