diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index fd7de0418fbe51c53c1d005aac0cac607e3c2d07..0a791a2203dc7b93e9e53cc2669c531fb9f135c4 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -6488,9 +6488,6 @@ struct swevent_htable {
 
 	/* Recursion avoidance in each contexts */
 	int				recursion[PERF_NR_CONTEXTS];
-
-	/* Keeps track of cpu being initialized/exited */
-	bool				online;
 };
 
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct swevent_htable, swevent_htable);
@@ -6748,14 +6745,8 @@ static int perf_swevent_add(struct perf_event *event, int flags)
 	hwc->state = !(flags & PERF_EF_START);
 
 	head = find_swevent_head(swhash, event);
-	if (!head) {
-		/*
-		 * We can race with cpu hotplug code. Do not
-		 * WARN if the cpu just got unplugged.
-		 */
-		WARN_ON_ONCE(swhash->online);
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!head))
 		return -EINVAL;
-	}
 
 	hlist_add_head_rcu(&event->hlist_entry, head);
 	perf_event_update_userpage(event);
@@ -6823,7 +6814,6 @@ static int swevent_hlist_get_cpu(struct perf_event *event, int cpu)
 	int err = 0;
 
 	mutex_lock(&swhash->hlist_mutex);
-
 	if (!swevent_hlist_deref(swhash) && cpu_online(cpu)) {
 		struct swevent_hlist *hlist;
 
@@ -9286,7 +9276,6 @@ static void perf_event_init_cpu(int cpu)
 	struct swevent_htable *swhash = &per_cpu(swevent_htable, cpu);
 
 	mutex_lock(&swhash->hlist_mutex);
-	swhash->online = true;
 	if (swhash->hlist_refcount > 0) {
 		struct swevent_hlist *hlist;
 
@@ -9328,14 +9317,7 @@ static void perf_event_exit_cpu_context(int cpu)
 
 static void perf_event_exit_cpu(int cpu)
 {
-	struct swevent_htable *swhash = &per_cpu(swevent_htable, cpu);
-
 	perf_event_exit_cpu_context(cpu);
-
-	mutex_lock(&swhash->hlist_mutex);
-	swhash->online = false;
-	swevent_hlist_release(swhash);
-	mutex_unlock(&swhash->hlist_mutex);
 }
 #else
 static inline void perf_event_exit_cpu(int cpu) { }