diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 4003c05..269eded 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@
 		 * Some data journaling orphaned pages can have
 		 * page->mapping == NULL while being dirty with clean buffers.
 		 */
-		if (PageDirty(page) && PagePrivate(page)) {
+		if (PagePrivate(page)) {
 			if (try_to_free_buffers(page)) {
 				ClearPageDirty(page);
 				printk("%s: orphaned page\n", __FUNCTION__);