diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core.c b/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core.c
index 87a0f868830141cc6e508341c756640ace7fc34c..d389e74342a3ff223b4d2262ef91911d8d6ed0e3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core.c
@@ -419,10 +419,8 @@ static int mc_device_add(struct device *dev, struct subsys_interface *sif)
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
-	if (microcode_init_cpu(cpu) == UCODE_ERROR) {
-		sysfs_remove_group(&dev->kobj, &mc_attr_group);
+	if (microcode_init_cpu(cpu) == UCODE_ERROR)
 		return -EINVAL;
-	}
 
 	return err;
 }