diff --git a/tools/perf/util/thread.c b/tools/perf/util/thread.c
index 16c28a37a9e4e0fbf4bb4f631f9d8212071c80ad..28c4b746baa19bef9830814c4fe7c69f1be0b06b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/thread.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/thread.c
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ struct thread *thread__new(pid_t pid, pid_t tid)
 
 		list_add(&comm->list, &thread->comm_list);
 		atomic_set(&thread->refcnt, 0);
-		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&thread->node);
 		RB_CLEAR_NODE(&thread->rb_node);
 	}
 
@@ -70,7 +69,6 @@ void thread__delete(struct thread *thread)
 	struct comm *comm, *tmp;
 
 	BUG_ON(!RB_EMPTY_NODE(&thread->rb_node));
-	BUG_ON(!list_empty(&thread->node));
 
 	thread_stack__free(thread);