diff --git a/mm/compaction.c b/mm/compaction.c
index 335eeeed0c91..2e1113ff7a03 100644
--- a/mm/compaction.c
+++ b/mm/compaction.c
@@ -1698,9 +1698,8 @@ enum compact_result try_to_compact_pages(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order,
 					alloc_flags, ac_classzone_idx(ac));
 		rc = max(status, rc);
 
-		/* If a normal allocation would succeed, stop compacting */
-		if (zone_watermark_ok(zone, order, low_wmark_pages(zone),
-					ac_classzone_idx(ac), alloc_flags)) {
+		/* The allocation should succeed, stop compacting */
+		if (status == COMPACT_SUCCESS) {
 			/*
 			 * We think the allocation will succeed in this zone,
 			 * but it is not certain, hence the false. The caller
@@ -1873,8 +1872,6 @@ static void kcompactd_do_work(pg_data_t *pgdat)
 		.ignore_skip_hint = true,
 
 	};
-	bool success = false;
-
 	trace_mm_compaction_kcompactd_wake(pgdat->node_id, cc.order,
 							cc.classzone_idx);
 	count_vm_event(KCOMPACTD_WAKE);
@@ -1903,9 +1900,7 @@ static void kcompactd_do_work(pg_data_t *pgdat)
 			return;
 		status = compact_zone(zone, &cc);
 
-		if (zone_watermark_ok(zone, cc.order, low_wmark_pages(zone),
-						cc.classzone_idx, 0)) {
-			success = true;
+		if (status == COMPACT_SUCCESS) {
 			compaction_defer_reset(zone, cc.order, false);
 		} else if (status == COMPACT_PARTIAL_SKIPPED || status == COMPACT_COMPLETE) {
 			/*