diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index d664eb922a7d..12d55b859d3f 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -381,36 +381,6 @@ void prep_compound_page(struct page *page, unsigned long order)
 	}
 }
 
-/* update __split_huge_page_refcount if you change this function */
-static int destroy_compound_page(struct page *page, unsigned long order)
-{
-	int i;
-	int nr_pages = 1 << order;
-	int bad = 0;
-
-	if (unlikely(compound_order(page) != order)) {
-		bad_page(page, "wrong compound order", 0);
-		bad++;
-	}
-
-	__ClearPageHead(page);
-
-	for (i = 1; i < nr_pages; i++) {
-		struct page *p = page + i;
-
-		if (unlikely(!PageTail(p))) {
-			bad_page(page, "PageTail not set", 0);
-			bad++;
-		} else if (unlikely(p->first_page != page)) {
-			bad_page(page, "first_page not consistent", 0);
-			bad++;
-		}
-		__ClearPageTail(p);
-	}
-
-	return bad;
-}
-
 static inline void prep_zero_page(struct page *page, unsigned int order,
 							gfp_t gfp_flags)
 {
@@ -613,10 +583,7 @@ static inline void __free_one_page(struct page *page,
 	int max_order = MAX_ORDER;
 
 	VM_BUG_ON(!zone_is_initialized(zone));
-
-	if (unlikely(PageCompound(page)))
-		if (unlikely(destroy_compound_page(page, order)))
-			return;
+	VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(page->flags & PAGE_FLAGS_CHECK_AT_PREP, page);
 
 	VM_BUG_ON(migratetype == -1);
 	if (is_migrate_isolate(migratetype)) {