diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 598a289..1d7693c3 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -5302,17 +5302,8 @@
 		if (context != MEMMAP_EARLY)
 			goto not_early;
 
-		if (!early_pfn_valid(pfn)) {
-#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_MEMBLOCK_NODE_MAP
-			/*
-			 * Skip to the pfn preceding the next valid one (or
-			 * end_pfn), such that we hit a valid pfn (or end_pfn)
-			 * on our next iteration of the loop.
-			 */
-			pfn = memblock_next_valid_pfn(pfn, end_pfn) - 1;
-#endif
+		if (!early_pfn_valid(pfn))
 			continue;
-		}
 		if (!early_pfn_in_nid(pfn, nid))
 			continue;
 		if (!update_defer_init(pgdat, pfn, end_pfn, &nr_initialised))