diff --git a/include/linux/vm_event_item.h b/include/linux/vm_event_item.h
index 0fa409e827bb..5a43dc19c317 100644
--- a/include/linux/vm_event_item.h
+++ b/include/linux/vm_event_item.h
@@ -113,9 +113,6 @@ enum vm_event_item { PGPGIN, PGPGOUT,
 #ifdef CONFIG_SWAP
 		SWAP_RA,
 		SWAP_RA_HIT,
-#endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_SPECULATIVE_PAGE_FAULT
-		SPECULATIVE_PGFAULT,
 #endif
 		NR_VM_EVENT_ITEMS
 };
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 59885e20e165..b086424815fc 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -4616,7 +4616,6 @@ int __handle_speculative_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address,
 	 * If there is no need to retry, don't return the vma to the caller.
 	 */
 	if (ret != VM_FAULT_RETRY) {
-		count_vm_event(SPECULATIVE_PGFAULT);
 		put_vma(vmf.vma);
 		*vma = NULL;
 	}
diff --git a/mm/vmstat.c b/mm/vmstat.c
index 8c7e6e718a5f..10d281bfd71b 100644
--- a/mm/vmstat.c
+++ b/mm/vmstat.c
@@ -1300,10 +1300,7 @@ const char * const vmstat_text[] = {
 	"swap_ra",
 	"swap_ra_hit",
 #endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_SPECULATIVE_PAGE_FAULT
-	"speculative_pgfault"
-#endif
-#endif /* CONFIG_VM_EVENT_COUNTERS */
+#endif /* CONFIG_VM_EVENTS_COUNTERS */
 };
 #endif /* CONFIG_PROC_FS || CONFIG_SYSFS || CONFIG_NUMA */