diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 3d4c681c6d40..0761f91b407f 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -1291,7 +1291,7 @@ static unsigned int shrink_folio_list(struct list_head *folio_list,
 			 * try_to_unmap acquire PTL from the first PTE,
 			 * eliminating the influence of temporary PTE values.
 			 */
-			if (folio_test_large(folio) && list_empty(&folio->_deferred_list))
+			if (folio_test_large(folio))
 				flags |= TTU_SYNC;
 
 			try_to_unmap(folio, flags);