diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
index f94be0c2827b0e04aa78fdde06c78674647cc4f7..7345f5f8f3fe67c711449001e36431ca9a26f866 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
@@ -1318,9 +1318,6 @@ event_id_read(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf, size_t cnt, loff_t *ppos)
 	char buf[32];
 	int len;
 
-	if (*ppos)
-		return 0;
-
 	if (unlikely(!id))
 		return -ENODEV;