diff --git a/kernel/sched/debug.c b/kernel/sched/debug.c
index 2cd3c1b4e582857eefb87fa9a98fb9cad11509a6..38df0db9660853e0521464cf262863f21691a5ef 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/debug.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/debug.c
@@ -110,13 +110,6 @@ static char *task_group_path(struct task_group *tg)
 	if (autogroup_path(tg, group_path, PATH_MAX))
 		return group_path;
 
-	/*
-	 * May be NULL if the underlying cgroup isn't fully-created yet
-	 */
-	if (!tg->css.cgroup) {
-		group_path[0] = '\0';
-		return group_path;
-	}
 	cgroup_path(tg->css.cgroup, group_path, PATH_MAX);
 	return group_path;
 }