diff --git a/mm/compaction.c b/mm/compaction.c
index 62a61de44658..5e6f5e35748d 100644
--- a/mm/compaction.c
+++ b/mm/compaction.c
@@ -2313,9 +2313,6 @@ compact_zone(struct compact_control *cc, struct capture_control *capc)
 	if (ret == COMPACT_SUCCESS || ret == COMPACT_SKIPPED)
 		return ret;
 
-	/* huh, compaction_suitable is returning something unexpected */
-	VM_BUG_ON(ret != COMPACT_CONTINUE);
-
 	/*
 	 * Clear pageblock skip if there were failures recently and compaction
 	 * is about to be retried after being deferred.