diff --git a/arch/x86/events/intel/uncore.c b/arch/x86/events/intel/uncore.c
index 91a18d6c4405f7bea73a2db74ea2666a2fa4f072..c422d52ecefa40c9af780eb17889b5bfb723381f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/intel/uncore.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/intel/uncore.c
@@ -1342,12 +1342,6 @@ static void __init uncore_cpumask_init(void)
 {
 	int cpu;
 
-	/*
-	 * ony invoke once from msr or pci init code
-	 */
-	if (!cpumask_empty(&uncore_cpu_mask))
-		return;
-
 	cpu_notifier_register_begin();
 
 	for_each_online_cpu(cpu) {