1 files changed, 1 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/mm/vmstat.c b/mm/vmstat.c
index 64bd0aa13f75..40b2c74ddf16 100644
--- a/mm/vmstat.c
+++ b/mm/vmstat.c
@@ -1408,17 +1408,7 @@ static void vmstat_update(struct work_struct *w)
                  * Defer the checking for differentials to the
                  * shepherd thread on a different processor.
                  */
-                int r;
-                /*
-                 * Shepherd work thread does not race since it never
-                 * changes the bit if its zero but the cpu
-                 * online / off line code may race if
-                 * worker threads are still allowed during
-                 * shutdown / startup.
-                 */
-                r = cpumask_test_and_set_cpu(smp_processor_id(),
-                        cpu_stat_off);
-                VM_BUG_ON(r);
+                cpumask_set_cpu(smp_processor_id(), cpu_stat_off);
         }
 }