1 files changed, 1 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/base/node.c b/drivers/base/node.c
index 6fed520d00f4..a7b3dcbbdfc9 100644
--- a/drivers/base/node.c
+++ b/drivers/base/node.c
@@ -49,9 +49,6 @@ static ssize_t node_read_meminfo(struct sys_device * dev, char * buf)
         get_page_state_node(&ps, nid);
         __get_zone_counts(&active, &inactive, &free, NODE_DATA(nid));
 
-        /* Check for negative values in these approximate counters */
-        if ((long)ps.nr_writeback < 0)
-                ps.nr_writeback = 0;
 
         n = sprintf(buf, "\n"
                        "Node %d MemTotal:     %8lu kB\n"
@@ -80,7 +77,7 @@ static ssize_t node_read_meminfo(struct sys_device * dev, char * buf)
                        nid, K(i.totalram - i.totalhigh),
                        nid, K(i.freeram - i.freehigh),
                        nid, K(node_page_state(nid, NR_FILE_DIRTY)),
-                       nid, K(ps.nr_writeback),
+                       nid, K(node_page_state(nid, NR_WRITEBACK)),
                        nid, K(node_page_state(nid, NR_FILE_PAGES)),
                        nid, K(node_page_state(nid, NR_FILE_MAPPED)),
                        nid, K(node_page_state(nid, NR_ANON_PAGES)),