diff --git a/include/linux/balloon_compaction.h b/include/linux/balloon_compaction.h
index 318cfe8b57a6..5ca2d5699620 100644
--- a/include/linux/balloon_compaction.h
+++ b/include/linux/balloon_compaction.h
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@
 #include <linux/err.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
-#include <linux/mem_relinquish.h>
 
 /*
  * Balloon device information descriptor.
@@ -96,7 +95,6 @@ static inline void balloon_page_insert(struct balloon_dev_info *balloon,
 	__SetPageMovable(page, &balloon_mops);
 	set_page_private(page, (unsigned long)balloon);
 	list_add(&page->lru, &balloon->pages);
-	page_relinquish(page);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -141,7 +139,6 @@ static inline void balloon_page_insert(struct balloon_dev_info *balloon,
 {
 	__SetPageOffline(page);
 	list_add(&page->lru, &balloon->pages);
-	page_relinquish(page);
 }
 
 static inline void balloon_page_delete(struct page *page)