diff --git a/mm/vmstat.c b/mm/vmstat.c
index f5fa1bd1eb1656cb4e608bd301c83e92f66ac3b2..76f73670200ac1d34b5f17388df8356fadffaf71 100644
--- a/mm/vmstat.c
+++ b/mm/vmstat.c
@@ -1359,8 +1359,6 @@ static bool is_zone_first_populated(pg_data_t *pgdat, struct zone *zone)
 			return zone == compare;
 	}
 
-	/* The zone must be somewhere! */
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
 	return false;
 }