diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 1678802e03e7..cd9f222a3e78 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -1031,7 +1031,7 @@ static bool skip_throttle_noprogress(pg_data_t *pgdat)
 	for (i = 0; i < MAX_NR_ZONES; i++) {
 		struct zone *zone = pgdat->node_zones + i;
 
-		if (!populated_zone(zone))
+		if (!managed_zone(zone))
 			continue;
 
 		reclaimable += zone_reclaimable_pages(zone);
@@ -3912,7 +3912,7 @@ static bool pgdat_balanced(pg_data_t *pgdat, int order, int highest_zoneidx)
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * If a node has no populated zone within highest_zoneidx, it does not
+	 * If a node has no managed zone within highest_zoneidx, it does not
 	 * need balancing by definition. This can happen if a zone-restricted
 	 * allocation tries to wake a remote kswapd.
 	 */