diff --git a/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c b/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c
index 4962dd1ba4a6..7898c2c75e35 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c
@@ -232,10 +232,8 @@ static void free_vmemmap_page_list(struct list_head *list)
 {
 	struct page *page, *next;
 
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(page, next, list, lru) {
-		list_del(&page->lru);
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(page, next, list, lru)
 		free_vmemmap_page(page);
-	}
 }
 
 static void vmemmap_remap_pte(pte_t *pte, unsigned long addr,