diff --git a/fs/sysfs/group.c b/fs/sysfs/group.c
index 3796afdff40c0f6214b701177bfbf697b9d1b334..1898a10e38ce8ccef26a687882c637f349ac5b29 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/group.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/group.c
@@ -206,15 +206,6 @@ void sysfs_remove_group(struct kobject *kobj,
 	struct sysfs_dirent *dir_sd = kobj->sd;
 	struct sysfs_dirent *sd;
 
-	/*
-	 * Sysfs directories are now removed recursively by
-	 * sysfs_remove_dir(). This means that the function can be called
-	 * for a group whose sysfs entry is already removed. In that case
-	 * all its groups are guaranteed to be already removed.
-	 */
-	if (dir_sd->s_flags & SYSFS_FLAG_REMOVED)
-		return;
-
 	if (grp->name) {
 		sd = sysfs_get_dirent(dir_sd, grp->name);
 		if (!sd) {