diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/pageattr.c b/arch/arm64/mm/pageattr.c
index 0c4e3ecf989d..0e270a1c51e6 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/pageattr.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/pageattr.c
@@ -219,9 +219,6 @@ bool kernel_page_present(struct page *page)
 	pte_t *ptep;
 	unsigned long addr = (unsigned long)page_address(page);
 
-	if (!can_set_direct_map())
-		return true;
-
 	pgdp = pgd_offset_k(addr);
 	if (pgd_none(READ_ONCE(*pgdp)))
 		return false;