diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 4d2c32f9848245cb0a280afa08066434374b1820..9747e422ab204c676c05b8b2bb8d9d261eaeafd1 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -7308,21 +7308,6 @@ int perf_event_account_interrupt(struct perf_event *event)
 	return __perf_event_account_interrupt(event, 1);
 }
 
-static bool sample_is_allowed(struct perf_event *event, struct pt_regs *regs)
-{
-	/*
-	 * Due to interrupt latency (AKA "skid"), we may enter the
-	 * kernel before taking an overflow, even if the PMU is only
-	 * counting user events.
-	 * To avoid leaking information to userspace, we must always
-	 * reject kernel samples when exclude_kernel is set.
-	 */
-	if (event->attr.exclude_kernel && !user_mode(regs))
-		return false;
-
-	return true;
-}
-
 /*
  * Generic event overflow handling, sampling.
  */
@@ -7343,12 +7328,6 @@ static int __perf_event_overflow(struct perf_event *event,
 
 	ret = __perf_event_account_interrupt(event, throttle);
 
-	/*
-	 * For security, drop the skid kernel samples if necessary.
-	 */
-	if (!sample_is_allowed(event, regs))
-		return ret;
-
 	/*
 	 * XXX event_limit might not quite work as expected on inherited
 	 * events