diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
index b236069ff0d8..df41b467e020 100644
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -1382,10 +1382,6 @@ do_migrate_range(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn)
 
 		if (PageHuge(page)) {
 			struct page *head = compound_head(page);
-			if (compound_order(head) > PFN_SECTION_SHIFT) {
-				ret = -EBUSY;
-				break;
-			}
 			pfn = page_to_pfn(head) + (1<<compound_order(head)) - 1;
 			isolate_huge_page(head, &source);
 			continue;