diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
index 29c77a714731ae74f7ab18cec3716f354223647a..c7fe303b5109be475bf963559a067a1399ed237c 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
@@ -3937,12 +3937,6 @@ static int cgroup_write_event_control(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cftype *cft,
 	if (ret)
 		goto fail;
 
-	if (efile->f_op->poll(efile, &event->pt) & POLLHUP) {
-		event->cft->unregister_event(cgrp, event->cft, event->eventfd);
-		ret = 0;
-		goto fail;
-	}
-
 	/*
 	 * Events should be removed after rmdir of cgroup directory, but before
 	 * destroying subsystem state objects. Let's take reference to cgroup