diff --git a/sys/compat/linuxkpi/common/include/linux/swap.h b/sys/compat/linuxkpi/common/include/linux/swap.h
index e24a8a34f0cf..33f8de4721a4 100644
--- a/sys/compat/linuxkpi/common/include/linux/swap.h
+++ b/sys/compat/linuxkpi/common/include/linux/swap.h
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ get_nr_swap_pages(void)
 static inline int
 current_is_kswapd(void)
 {
-	return vm_curproc_is_vmproc();
+
+	return (curproc == pageproc);
 }
 
 #endif
diff --git a/sys/vm/vm_pageout.h b/sys/vm/vm_pageout.h
index 2e6fa6cda0b3..bae7e937f274 100644
--- a/sys/vm/vm_pageout.h
+++ b/sys/vm/vm_pageout.h
@@ -107,7 +107,5 @@ void vm_pageout_oom(int shortage);
 void vm_swapout_run(void);
 void vm_swapout_run_idle(void);
 
-bool vm_curproc_is_vmproc(void);
-
 #endif /* _KERNEL */
 #endif	/* _VM_VM_PAGEOUT_H_ */
diff --git a/sys/vm/vm_swapout.c b/sys/vm/vm_swapout.c
index e9461bb75419..140dabaf2fa3 100644
--- a/sys/vm/vm_swapout.c
+++ b/sys/vm/vm_swapout.c
@@ -961,10 +961,3 @@ swapout(struct proc *p)
 	p->p_swtick = ticks;
 	return (0);
 }
-
-/* Used to determine if the current process is itself the reaper. */
-bool
-vm_curproc_is_vmproc(void)
-{
-	return curproc == vmproc;
-}