diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index b2baca7645d7..5c8a412b43f4 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -63,9 +63,6 @@ struct scan_control {
 
 	unsigned long nr_mapped;	/* From page_state */
 
-	/* How many pages shrink_cache() should reclaim */
-	int nr_to_reclaim;
-
 	/* Ask shrink_caches, or shrink_zone to scan at this priority */
 	unsigned int priority;
 
@@ -656,7 +653,6 @@ static void shrink_cache(struct zone *zone, struct scan_control *sc)
 		if (current_is_kswapd())
 			mod_page_state(kswapd_steal, nr_freed);
 		mod_page_state_zone(zone, pgsteal, nr_freed);
-		sc->nr_to_reclaim -= nr_freed;
 
 		spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
 		/*
@@ -856,8 +852,6 @@ shrink_zone(struct zone *zone, struct scan_control *sc)
 	else
 		nr_inactive = 0;
 
-	sc->nr_to_reclaim = sc->swap_cluster_max;
-
 	while (nr_active || nr_inactive) {
 		if (nr_active) {
 			sc->nr_to_scan = min(nr_active,
@@ -871,8 +865,6 @@ shrink_zone(struct zone *zone, struct scan_control *sc)
 					(unsigned long)sc->swap_cluster_max);
 			nr_inactive -= sc->nr_to_scan;
 			shrink_cache(zone, sc);
-			if (sc->nr_to_reclaim <= 0)
-				break;
 		}
 	}