diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index f548f69c4299dd1ee44bfdc1f84d79d655d0d6d7..76e64be9bfb5afb052c4104998c4d0bb239ed5f0 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -9297,14 +9297,6 @@ static void perf_cgroup_exit(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css,
 			     struct cgroup_subsys_state *old_css,
 			     struct task_struct *task)
 {
-	/*
-	 * cgroup_exit() is called in the copy_process() failure path.
-	 * Ignore this case since the task hasn't ran yet, this avoids
-	 * trying to poke a half freed task state from generic code.
-	 */
-	if (!(task->flags & PF_EXITING))
-		return;
-
 	task_function_call(task, __perf_cgroup_move, task);
 }