diff --git a/mm/memblock.c b/mm/memblock.c
index c4b16cae2bc9..11f6ae37d669 100644
--- a/mm/memblock.c
+++ b/mm/memblock.c
@@ -257,14 +257,6 @@ __memblock_find_range_top_down(phys_addr_t start, phys_addr_t end,
  *
  * Find @size free area aligned to @align in the specified range and node.
  *
- * When allocation direction is bottom-up, the @start should be greater
- * than the end of the kernel image. Otherwise, it will be trimmed. The
- * reason is that we want the bottom-up allocation just near the kernel
- * image so it is highly likely that the allocated memory and the kernel
- * will reside in the same node.
- *
- * If bottom-up allocation failed, will try to allocate memory top-down.
- *
  * Return:
  * Found address on success, 0 on failure.
  */
@@ -273,8 +265,6 @@ static phys_addr_t __init_memblock memblock_find_in_range_node(phys_addr_t size,
 					phys_addr_t end, int nid,
 					enum memblock_flags flags)
 {
-	phys_addr_t kernel_end, ret;
-
 	/* pump up @end */
 	if (end == MEMBLOCK_ALLOC_ACCESSIBLE ||
 	    end == MEMBLOCK_ALLOC_KASAN)
@@ -283,40 +273,13 @@ static phys_addr_t __init_memblock memblock_find_in_range_node(phys_addr_t size,
 	/* avoid allocating the first page */
 	start = max_t(phys_addr_t, start, PAGE_SIZE);
 	end = max(start, end);
-	kernel_end = __pa_symbol(_end);
 
-	/*
-	 * try bottom-up allocation only when bottom-up mode
-	 * is set and @end is above the kernel image.
-	 */
-	if (memblock_bottom_up() && end > kernel_end) {
-		phys_addr_t bottom_up_start;
-
-		/* make sure we will allocate above the kernel */
-		bottom_up_start = max(start, kernel_end);
-
-		/* ok, try bottom-up allocation first */
-		ret = __memblock_find_range_bottom_up(bottom_up_start, end,
-						      size, align, nid, flags);
-		if (ret)
-			return ret;
-
-		/*
-		 * we always limit bottom-up allocation above the kernel,
-		 * but top-down allocation doesn't have the limit, so
-		 * retrying top-down allocation may succeed when bottom-up
-		 * allocation failed.
-		 *
-		 * bottom-up allocation is expected to be fail very rarely,
-		 * so we use WARN_ONCE() here to see the stack trace if
-		 * fail happens.
-		 */
-		WARN_ONCE(IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTREMOVE),
-			  "memblock: bottom-up allocation failed, memory hotremove may be affected\n");
-	}
-
-	return __memblock_find_range_top_down(start, end, size, align, nid,
-					      flags);
+	if (memblock_bottom_up())
+		return __memblock_find_range_bottom_up(start, end, size, align,
+						       nid, flags);
+	else
+		return __memblock_find_range_top_down(start, end, size, align,
+						      nid, flags);
 }
 
 /**