diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c b/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
index 2579215f57433e06028caed439914b28c3ca0a7b..a3320f1cda694b94784df75d7402840aa3898189 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
@@ -1007,17 +1007,12 @@ static int latency_wakeup_event(struct perf_sched *sched,
 				struct perf_sample *sample,
 				struct machine *machine)
 {
-	const u32 pid	  = perf_evsel__intval(evsel, sample, "pid"),
-		  success = perf_evsel__intval(evsel, sample, "success");
+	const u32 pid	  = perf_evsel__intval(evsel, sample, "pid");
 	struct work_atoms *atoms;
 	struct work_atom *atom;
 	struct thread *wakee;
 	u64 timestamp = sample->time;
 
-	/* Note for later, it may be interesting to observe the failing cases */
-	if (!success)
-		return 0;
-
 	wakee = machine__findnew_thread(machine, 0, pid);
 	atoms = thread_atoms_search(&sched->atom_root, wakee, &sched->cmp_pid);
 	if (!atoms) {
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/evsel-tp-sched.c b/tools/perf/tests/evsel-tp-sched.c
index 4774f7fbb75899c9b654962192fc1dd314253fe0..35d7fdb2328db7a3bcc8d33070c1e68aaa7f858e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/evsel-tp-sched.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/evsel-tp-sched.c
@@ -74,9 +74,6 @@ int test__perf_evsel__tp_sched_test(void)
 	if (perf_evsel__test_field(evsel, "prio", 4, true))
 		ret = -1;
 
-	if (perf_evsel__test_field(evsel, "success", 4, true))
-		ret = -1;
-
 	if (perf_evsel__test_field(evsel, "target_cpu", 4, true))
 		ret = -1;