diff --git a/include/linux/vm_event_item.h b/include/linux/vm_event_item.h
index ede4ddd466959d1c88e9b733107b6f8831f6ad1f..3d3114594370118addc16ee1156e9b19f6d97fef 100644
--- a/include/linux/vm_event_item.h
+++ b/include/linux/vm_event_item.h
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ enum vm_event_item { PGPGIN, PGPGOUT, PSWPIN, PSWPOUT,
 		UNEVICTABLE_PGMUNLOCKED,
 		UNEVICTABLE_PGCLEARED,	/* on COW, page truncate */
 		UNEVICTABLE_PGSTRANDED,	/* unable to isolate on unlock */
-		UNEVICTABLE_MLOCKFREED,	/* no longer useful: always zero */
 #ifdef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
 		THP_FAULT_ALLOC,
 		THP_FAULT_FALLBACK,
diff --git a/mm/vmstat.c b/mm/vmstat.c
index 2f11309955cce7ee966d3eafe65567a0279d70f2..c7370579111b872943c56bd694dc0bd02121092d 100644
--- a/mm/vmstat.c
+++ b/mm/vmstat.c
@@ -794,7 +794,6 @@ const char * const vmstat_text[] = {
 	"unevictable_pgs_munlocked",
 	"unevictable_pgs_cleared",
 	"unevictable_pgs_stranded",
-	"unevictable_pgs_mlockfreed",	/* no longer useful: always zero */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
 	"thp_fault_alloc",