diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-common.c b/kernel/time/tick-common.c
index f8bf47571dda4748f0d3be7574591566ccac8936..d11c55b6ab7db3585d449ac2a9a5c55ad4a0dd12 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-common.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-common.c
@@ -304,9 +304,6 @@ void tick_check_new_device(struct clock_event_device *newdev)
 	int cpu;
 
 	cpu = smp_processor_id();
-	if (!cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, newdev->cpumask))
-		goto out_bc;
-
 	td = &per_cpu(tick_cpu_device, cpu);
 	curdev = td->evtdev;